#4E8A9B#4E8A9B

#4E8A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.067 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A9B
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(193, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.20, -14.68, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.20, 21.05, 225.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% -0.053 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.067 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1445, 22.1617, 34.3255)
Luminance	0.2216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A9B #9B5F4E

analogous

#4E9B85 #4E8A9B #4E639B

triadic

#4E8A9B #9B4E8A #8A9B4E

tetradic

#4E8A9B #854E9B #9B5F4E #639B4E

square

#4E8A9B #854E9B #9B5F4E #639B4E

split-complementary

#4E8A9B #9B4E63 #9B854E

monochromatic

#25424A #3A6672 #4E8A9B #6FA7B7 #98C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4E8A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4E8A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A9B

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A9B	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)

#7F879C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.067 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acb8',
    500: '#4e8a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a9b;
$custom-light: #85acb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.247,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59937,
    "c": 0.06743,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A9B

secondary

#B8968D

accent

#765FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A9B

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

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