#4E8A99#4E8A99

#4E8A99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.066 H 215.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A99
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(192, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.13, -15.26, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.13, 20.74, 222.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% -0.0538 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.066 215.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9780, 22.0951, 33.4482)
Luminance	0.2210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A99 #995D4E

analogous

#4E9982 #4E8A99 #4E6499

triadic

#4E8A99 #994E8A #8A994E

tetradic

#4E8A99 #824E99 #995D4E #64994E

square

#4E8A99 #824E99 #995D4E #64994E

split-complementary

#4E8A99 #994E64 #99824E

monochromatic

#254148 #396570 #4E8A99 #6FA7B5 #97C0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E8A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#4E8A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A99

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A99	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.066 215.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acb7',
    500: '#4e8a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a99;
$custom-light: #85acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59858,
    "c": 0.06633,
    "h": 215.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A99

secondary

#B7958C

accent

#745FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A99

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

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