#4E8D9B#4E8D9B

#4E8D9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.068 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D9B
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(191, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(191, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.11, -16.31, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.11, 21.31, 220.05°)
OKLab	oklab(60.66% -0.0567 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(60.66% 0.068 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5809, 23.0345, 34.4709)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D9B #9B5C4E

analogous

#4E9B82 #4E8D9B #4E669B

triadic

#4E8D9B #9B4E8D #8D9B4E

tetradic

#4E8D9B #824E9B #9B5C4E #669B4E

square

#4E8D9B #824E9B #9B5C4E #669B4E

split-complementary

#4E8D9B #9B4E66 #9B824E

monochromatic

#25434A #3A6872 #4E8D9B #6FAAB7 #98C2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4E8D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#4E8D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D9B

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D9B	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#239391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.068 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aeb8',
    500: '#4e8d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d9b;
$custom-light: #85aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60664,
    "c": 0.06813,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D9B

secondary

#B8958D

accent

#725FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D9B

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

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