#4E8F9F#4E8F9F

#4E8F9F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.071 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E8F9F
RGB	rgb(78, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(192, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -16.23, -14.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 22.02, 222.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0574 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.071 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2200, 23.7662, 36.3687)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E8F9F #9F5E4E

analogous

#4E9F87 #4E8F9F #4E679F

triadic

#4E8F9F #9F4E8F #8F9F4E

tetradic

#4E8F9F #874E9F #9F5E4E #679F4E

square

#4E8F9F #874E9F #9F5E4E #679F4E

split-complementary

#4E8F9F #9F4E67 #9F874E

monochromatic

#26454D #3A6A76 #4E8F9F #71ABB9 #9AC3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4E8F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4E8F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E8F9F

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E8F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E8F9F	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#848BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77829F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e8f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.071 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b0bb',
    500: '#4e8f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e8f9f;
$custom-light: #85b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e8f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.852,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61306,
    "c": 0.07063,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E8F9F

secondary

#BA978F

accent

#735ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E8F9F

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

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