#4E8A9A#4E8A9A

#4E8A9A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.067 H 217.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A9A
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 154)
HSL	hsl(193, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 10.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.16, -14.97, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.16, 20.89, 224.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0534 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.067 217)
XYZ	xyz(18.0609, 22.1283, 33.8850)
Luminance	0.2213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A9A #9A5E4E

analogous

#4E9A84 #4E8A9A #4E649A

triadic

#4E8A9A #9A4E8A #8A9A4E

tetradic

#4E8A9A #844E9A #9A5E4E #649A4E

square

#4E8A9A #844E9A #9A5E4E #649A4E

split-complementary

#4E8A9A #9A4E64 #9A844E

monochromatic

#254149 #396671 #4E8A9A #6FA7B6 #98C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E8A9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4E8A9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A9A

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A9A	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.067 217.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acb7',
    500: '#4e8a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a9a;
$custom-light: #85acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59897,
    "c": 0.06686,
    "h": 217
  },
  "luminance": 0.2213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A9A

secondary

#B7968D

accent

#755FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A9A

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

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