#4E7599#4E7599

#4E7599 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.072 H 247.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7599
RGB	rgb(78, 117, 153)
HSL	hsl(209, 32%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(209, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 23.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, -3.32, -23.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 23.94, 262.03°)
OKLab	oklab(54.84% -0.0276 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(54.84% 0.072 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2510, 16.6411, 32.5392)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7599 #99724E

analogous

#4E9998 #4E7599 #4E4F99

triadic

#4E7599 #994E75 #75994E

tetradic

#4E7599 #984E99 #99724E #4F994E

square

#4E7599 #984E99 #99724E #4F994E

split-complementary

#4E7599 #994E4F #99984E

monochromatic

#253748 #395670 #4E7599 #6F94B5 #97B2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#4E7599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#4E7599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E7599

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E7599	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66769B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C7D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 117, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.072 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849cb7',
    500: '#4e7599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7599;
$custom-light: #849cb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.8,
    "s": 32.468,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54839,
    "c": 0.07164,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7599

secondary

#B7A18C

accent

#925FC9

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7599

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

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