#4E8A96#4E8A96

#4E8A96 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.065 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A96
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 150)
HSL	hsl(190, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(190, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 8%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -16.12, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 20.38, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% -0.0551 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.065 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7333, 21.9972, 32.1597)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A96 #965A4E

analogous

#4E967E #4E8A96 #4E6696

triadic

#4E8A96 #964E8A #8A964E

tetradic

#4E8A96 #7E4E96 #965A4E #66964E

square

#4E8A96 #7E4E96 #965A4E #66964E

split-complementary

#4E8A96 #964E66 #967E4E

monochromatic

#244045 #39656E #4E8A96 #6EA8B3 #96C0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4E8A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#4E8A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A96

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A96	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)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.065 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acb4',
    500: '#4e8a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a96;
$custom-light: #84acb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 31.579,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59741,
    "c": 0.06491,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A96

secondary

#B5928B

accent

#7160C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A96

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

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