#4E8A9E#4E8A9E

#4E8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.069 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A9E
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, -13.80, -16.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 21.63, 230.35°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% -0.0518 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.069 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3996, 22.2638, 35.6689)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A9E #9E624E

analogous

#4E9E8A #4E8A9E #4E629E

triadic

#4E8A9E #9E4E8A #8A9E4E

tetradic

#4E8A9E #8A4E9E #9E624E #629E4E

square

#4E8A9E #8A4E9E #9E624E #629E4E

split-complementary

#4E8A9E #9E4E62 #9E8A4E

monochromatic

#26424C #3A6675 #4E8A9E #71A7B9 #9AC0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#4E8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A9E

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A9E	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.069 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acba',
    500: '#4e8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a9e;
$custom-light: #85acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60059,
    "c": 0.06933,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A9E

secondary

#BA998E

accent

#795ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A9E

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

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