#4E8A9F#4E8A9F

#4E8A9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.070 H 222.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8A9F
RGB	rgb(78, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -13.51, -17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 21.85, 231.82°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% -0.0514 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.07 222.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4860, 22.2983, 36.1240)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8A9F #9F634E

analogous

#4E9F8C #4E8A9F #4E629F

triadic

#4E8A9F #9F4E8A #8A9F4E

tetradic

#4E8A9F #8C4E9F #9F634E #629F4E

square

#4E8A9F #8C4E9F #9F634E #629F4E

split-complementary

#4E8A9F #9F4E62 #9F8C4E

monochromatic

#26434D #3A6676 #4E8A9F #71A7B9 #9AC0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4E8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4E8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8A9F

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8A9F	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E87A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209191

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.070 222.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acbb',
    500: '#4e8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8a9f;
$custom-light: #85acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.556,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.601,
    "c": 0.07001,
    "h": 222.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8A9F

secondary

#BA9A8F

accent

#7A5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8A9F

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

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