#4E8A98#4E8A98

#4E8A98 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.066 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A98
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 152)
HSL	hsl(191, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.7%, 9.2%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.09, -15.55, -13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.09, 20.60, 220.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0542 -0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.066 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8957, 22.0622, 33.0151)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A98 #985C4E

analogous

#4E9881 #4E8A98 #4E6598

triadic

#4E8A98 #984E8A #8A984E

tetradic

#4E8A98 #814E98 #985C4E #65984E

square

#4E8A98 #814E98 #985C4E #65984E

split-complementary

#4E8A98 #984E65 #98814E

monochromatic

#244147 #396570 #4E8A98 #6EA7B5 #97C0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4E8A98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#4E8A98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A98

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A98	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)

#808699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.066 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acb6',
    500: '#4e8a98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a98;
$custom-light: #85acb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 32.174,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59818,
    "c": 0.06582,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A98

secondary

#B6948C

accent

#735FC8

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A98

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

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