#4E8E9B#4E8E9B

#4E8E9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.068 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8E9B
RGB	rgb(78, 142, 155)
HSL	hsl(190, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(190, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -16.85, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 21.44, 218.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0579 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.068 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7290, 23.3307, 34.5203)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8E9B #9B5B4E

analogous

#4E9B81 #4E8E9B #4E679B

triadic

#4E8E9B #9B4E8E #8E9B4E

tetradic

#4E8E9B #814E9B #9B5B4E #679B4E

square

#4E8E9B #814E9B #9B5B4E #679B4E

split-complementary

#4E8E9B #9B4E67 #9B814E

monochromatic

#25434A #3A6972 #4E8E9B #6FABB7 #98C3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4E8E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4E8E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8E9B

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8E9B	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848A9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 142, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.068 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afb8',
    500: '#4e8e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8e9b;
$custom-light: #85afb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.13,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60907,
    "c": 0.06845,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8E9B

secondary

#B8948D

accent

#715FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8E9B

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

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