#4E8D9D#4E8D9D

#4E8D9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.069 H 216.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D9D
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 157)
HSL	hsl(192, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.18, -15.73, -14.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.18, 21.57, 223.17°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% -0.0558 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.069 216.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7503, 23.1022, 35.3628)
Luminance	0.2310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D9D #9D5E4E

analogous

#4E9D85 #4E8D9D #4E659D

triadic

#4E8D9D #9D4E8D #8D9D4E

tetradic

#4E8D9D #854E9D #9D5E4E #659D4E

square

#4E8D9D #854E9D #9D5E4E #659D4E

split-complementary

#4E8D9D #9D4E65 #9D854E

monochromatic

#25444B #3A6874 #4E8D9D #70A9B8 #99C2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#4E8D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#4E8D9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D9D

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D9D	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76809D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.069 216.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aeba',
    500: '#4e8d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d9d;
$custom-light: #85aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.152,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60743,
    "c": 0.06913,
    "h": 216.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D9D

secondary

#B9978E

accent

#745ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D9D

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

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