#4A798E#4A798E

#4A798E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.061 H 228.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A798E
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(199, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(199, 48%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, -10.01, -16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 19.20, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(55.08% -0.0404 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(55.08% 0.061 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5421, 17.0825, 28.1169)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A798E #8E5F4A

analogous

#4A8E81 #4A798E #4A578E

triadic

#4A798E #8E4A79 #798E4A

tetradic

#4A798E #814A8E #8E5F4A #578E4A

square

#4A798E #814A8E #8E5F4A #578E4A

split-complementary

#4A798E #8E4A57 #8E814A

monochromatic

#20343E #355766 #4A798E #6699AF #8EB4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#4A798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#4A798E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A798E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A798E	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#64708E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A7F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.061 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#819faf',
    500: '#4a798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a798e;
$custom-light: #819faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.529,
    "s": 31.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5508,
    "c": 0.06076,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A798E

secondary

#B09184

accent

#8060C8

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A798E

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

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