#4E899D#4E899D

#4E899D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.069 H 222.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E899D
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(195, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -13.54, -16.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 21.42, 230.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.051 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.069 222)
XYZ	xyz(18.1711, 21.9439, 35.1698)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E899D #9D624E

analogous

#4E9D89 #4E899D #4E619D

triadic

#4E899D #9D4E89 #899D4E

tetradic

#4E899D #894E9D #9D624E #619D4E

square

#4E899D #894E9D #9D624E #619D4E

split-complementary

#4E899D #9D4E61 #9D894E

monochromatic

#25424B #3A6574 #4E899D #70A6B8 #99BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4E899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4E899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E899D

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E899D	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.069 222.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abba',
    500: '#4e899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e899d;
$custom-light: #85abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59777,
    "c": 0.06861,
    "h": 222
  },
  "luminance": 0.21945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E899D

secondary

#B9998E

accent

#795ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E899D

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

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