#4E8D9F#4E8D9F

#4E8D9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.070 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8D9F
RGB	rgb(78, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(193, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -15.15, -15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 21.89, 226.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.82% -0.055 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(60.82% 0.07 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9224, 23.1711, 36.2695)
Luminance	0.2317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8D9F #9F604E

analogous

#4E9F89 #4E8D9F #4E659F

triadic

#4E8D9F #9F4E8D #8D9F4E

tetradic

#4E8D9F #894E9F #9F604E #659F4E

square

#4E8D9F #894E9F #9F604E #659F4E

split-complementary

#4E8D9F #9F4E65 #9F894E

monochromatic

#26444D #3A6976 #4E8D9F #71A9B9 #9AC2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4E8D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4E8D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8D9F

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8D9F	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#75809F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.070 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aebb',
    500: '#4e8d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8d9f;
$custom-light: #85aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60823,
    "c": 0.07025,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8D9F

secondary

#BA988F

accent

#765ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8D9F

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

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