#4E899F#4E899F

#4E899F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.070 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E899F
RGB	rgb(78, 137, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 13.8%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -12.95, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 21.88, 233.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0502 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.07 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3432, 22.0127, 36.0764)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E899F #9F644E

analogous

#4E9F8D #4E899F #4E619F

triadic

#4E899F #9F4E89 #899F4E

tetradic

#4E899F #8D4E9F #9F644E #619F4E

square

#4E899F #8D4E9F #9F644E #619F4E

split-complementary

#4E899F #9F4E61 #9F8D4E

monochromatic

#26424D #3A6676 #4E899F #71A6B9 #9ABFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E899F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#4E899F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E899F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E899F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E899F	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)

#7D86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e899f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 137, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.070 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85abbb',
    500: '#4e899f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e899f;
$custom-light: #85abbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e899f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.296,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5986,
    "c": 0.07003,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E899F

secondary

#BA9B8F

accent

#7B5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E899F

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