#4E899E#4E899E

#4E899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.069 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E899E
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -13.25, -17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 21.64, 232.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0506 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.069 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2568, 21.9781, 35.6213)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E899E #9E634E

analogous

#4E9E8B #4E899E #4E619E

triadic

#4E899E #9E4E89 #899E4E

tetradic

#4E899E #8B4E9E #9E634E #619E4E

square

#4E899E #8B4E9E #9E634E #619E4E

split-complementary

#4E899E #9E4E61 #9E8B4E

monochromatic

#26424C #3A6575 #4E899E #71A6B9 #9ABFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#4E899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E899E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E899E	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.069 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abba',
    500: '#4e899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e899e;
$custom-light: #85abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59818,
    "c": 0.06931,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E899E

secondary

#BA9A8E

accent

#7A5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E899E

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