#4E899C#4E899C

#4E899C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.068 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E899C
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.93, -13.84, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.93, 21.21, 229.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0514 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.068 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0860, 21.9099, 34.7220)
Luminance	0.2191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E899C #9C614E

analogous

#4E9C88 #4E899C #4E629C

triadic

#4E899C #9C4E89 #899C4E

tetradic

#4E899C #884E9C #9C614E #629C4E

square

#4E899C #884E9C #9C614E #629C4E

split-complementary

#4E899C #9C4E62 #9C884E

monochromatic

#25414A #3A6573 #4E899C #70A6B7 #99BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4E899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#4E899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E899C

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E899C	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.068 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abb9',
    500: '#4e899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e899c;
$custom-light: #85abb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.615,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59736,
    "c": 0.06793,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E899C

secondary

#B8988D

accent

#785EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E899C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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