#4E909F#4E909F

#4E909F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.071 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E909F
RGB	rgb(78, 144, 159)
HSL	hsl(191, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(191, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.16, -16.77, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.16, 22.12, 220.70°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0586 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.071 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3707, 24.0678, 36.4189)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E909F #9F5D4E

analogous

#4E9F86 #4E909F #4E689F

triadic

#4E909F #9F4E90 #909F4E

tetradic

#4E909F #864E9F #9F5D4E #689F4E

square

#4E909F #864E9F #9F5D4E #689F4E

split-complementary

#4E909F #9F4E68 #9F864E

monochromatic

#26464D #3A6B76 #4E909F #71ACB9 #9AC4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4E909F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4E909F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E909F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E909F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E909F	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#858CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D9695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e909f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 144, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.071 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0bb',
    500: '#4e909f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e909f;
$custom-light: #86b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e909f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61548,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E909F

secondary

#BA978F

accent

#725ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0C1011

muted

#7D7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E909F

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

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