#4C879F#4C879F

#4C879F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.072 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C879F
RGB	rgb(76, 135, 159)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, -12.31, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 22.39, 236.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% -0.0494 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.072 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.9001, 21.3662, 35.9750)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C879F #9F644C

analogous

#4C9F8D #4C879F #4C5D9F

triadic

#4C879F #9F4C87 #879F4C

tetradic

#4C879F #8D4C9F #9F644C #5D9F4C

square

#4C879F #8D4C9F #9F644C #5D9F4C

split-complementary

#4C879F #9F4C5D #9F8D4C

monochromatic

#24414C #386476 #4C879F #6EA4BA #98BECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4C879F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#4C879F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C879F

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C879F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C879F	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c879f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 135, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.072 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aabb',
    500: '#4c879f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c879f;
$custom-light: #84aabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c879f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.349,
    "s": 35.319,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59283,
    "c": 0.07161,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C879F

secondary

#BA9A8D

accent

#7D5CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C879F

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

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