#4E8A97#4E8A97

#4E8A97 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.065 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A97
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 151)
HSL	hsl(191, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 48%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 8.6%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.06, -15.84, -12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.06, 20.48, 219.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% -0.0547 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.065 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8142, 22.0296, 32.5855)
Luminance	0.2203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A97 #975B4E

analogous

#4E9780 #4E8A97 #4E6597

triadic

#4E8A97 #974E8A #8A974E

tetradic

#4E8A97 #804E97 #975B4E #65974E

square

#4E8A97 #804E97 #975B4E #65974E

split-complementary

#4E8A97 #974E65 #97804E

monochromatic

#244046 #39656F #4E8A97 #6EA8B4 #96C0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4E8A97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#4E8A97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A97

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A97	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288F8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.065 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acb5',
    500: '#4e8a97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a97;
$custom-light: #85acb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.685,
    "s": 31.878,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59779,
    "c": 0.06536,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A97

secondary

#B6938B

accent

#7260C8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A97

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

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