#4E909E#4E909E

#4E909E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.070 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E909E
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(191, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -17.06, -13.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 22.01, 219.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.059 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.07 213)
XYZ	xyz(19.2843, 24.0332, 35.9638)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E909E #9E5C4E

analogous

#4E9E84 #4E909E #4E689E

triadic

#4E909E #9E4E90 #909E4E

tetradic

#4E909E #844E9E #9E5C4E #689E4E

square

#4E909E #844E9E #9E5C4E #689E4E

split-complementary

#4E909E #9E4E68 #9E844E

monochromatic

#26454C #3A6B75 #4E909E #71ACB9 #9AC4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4E909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E909E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E909E	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E9694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.070 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b0ba',
    500: '#4e909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e909e;
$custom-light: #85b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.5,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61509,
    "c": 0.07042,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.24035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E909E

secondary

#BA968E

accent

#715ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F5F6

border

#CBCFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E909E

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

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