#4C879D#4C879D

#4C879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.070 H 224.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C879D
RGB	rgb(76, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 52%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.27, -12.91, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.27, 21.87, 233.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.2% -0.0502 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(59.2% 0.07 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7280, 21.2973, 35.0683)
Luminance	0.2130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C879D #9D624C

analogous

#4C9D8A #4C879D #4C5E9D

triadic

#4C879D #9D4C87 #879D4C

tetradic

#4C879D #8A4C9D #9D624C #5E9D4C

square

#4C879D #8A4C9D #9D624C #5E9D4C

split-complementary

#4C879D #9D4C5E #9D8A4C

monochromatic

#24404B #386474 #4C879D #6EA4B9 #97BECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4C879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4C879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C879D

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C879D	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.070 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aaba',
    500: '#4c879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c879d;
$custom-light: #84aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.296,
    "s": 34.764,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59199,
    "c": 0.07007,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C879D

secondary

#B9988C

accent

#7B5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C879D

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

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