#4E8A9C#4E8A9C

#4E8A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.068 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A9C
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.23, -14.39, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.23, 21.23, 227.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% -0.0526 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.068 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2289, 22.1955, 34.7696)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A9C #9C604E

analogous

#4E9C87 #4E8A9C #4E639C

triadic

#4E8A9C #9C4E8A #8A9C4E

tetradic

#4E8A9C #874E9C #9C604E #639C4E

square

#4E8A9C #874E9C #9C604E #639C4E

split-complementary

#4E8A9C #9C4E63 #9C874E

monochromatic

#25424A #3A6673 #4E8A9C #70A7B7 #99C0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4E8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#4E8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A9C

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A9C	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.068 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acb9',
    500: '#4e8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a9c;
$custom-light: #85acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.846,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59978,
    "c": 0.06804,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A9C

secondary

#B8978D

accent

#775EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A9C

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

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