#4E8D9C#4E8D9C

#4E8D9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.069 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D9C
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 156)
HSL	hsl(192, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, -16.02, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 21.43, 221.62°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0562 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.069 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6652, 23.0682, 34.9150)
Luminance	0.2307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D9C #9C5D4E

analogous

#4E9C84 #4E8D9C #4E669C

triadic

#4E8D9C #9C4E8D #8D9C4E

tetradic

#4E8D9C #844E9C #9C5D4E #669C4E

square

#4E8D9C #844E9C #9C5D4E #669C4E

split-complementary

#4E8D9C #9C4E66 #9C844E

monochromatic

#25434A #3A6873 #4E8D9C #70AAB7 #99C2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4E8D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#4E8D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D9C

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D9C	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#82899D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.069 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aeb9',
    500: '#4e8d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d9c;
$custom-light: #85aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60704,
    "c": 0.06862,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D9C

secondary

#B8968D

accent

#735EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D9C

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

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