#4E9EAE#4E9EAE

#4E9EAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.081 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E9EAE
RGB	rgb(78, 158, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 9.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -19.84, -15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 25.35, 218.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.0688 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.081 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0057, 29.1273, 44.4459)
Luminance	0.2913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E9EAE #AE5E4E

analogous

#4EAE8E #4E9EAE #4E6EAE

triadic

#4E9EAE #AE4E9E #9EAE4E

tetradic

#4E9EAE #8E4EAE #AE5E4E #6EAE4E

square

#4E9EAE #8E4EAE #AE5E4E #6EAE4E

split-complementary

#4E9EAE #AE4E6E #AE8E4E

monochromatic

#285159 #3B7884 #4E9EAE #77B6C2 #A1CCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#4E9EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4E9EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E9EAE

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E9EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E9EAE	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9199AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e9eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 158, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.081 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bac6',
    500: '#4e9eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e9eae;
$custom-light: #88bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e9eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65515,
    "c": 0.08148,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E9EAE

secondary

#C29D96

accent

#6D5ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E9EAE

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

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