#4E798A#4E798A

#4E798A is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.054 H 224.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E798A
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 138)
HSL	hsl(197, 28%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(197, 43%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 12.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, -10.11, -13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 17.21, 234.00°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% -0.0385 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.054 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.5651, 17.1284, 26.5784)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E798A #8A5F4E

analogous

#4E8A7D #4E798A #4E5B8A

triadic

#4E798A #8A4E79 #798A4E

tetradic

#4E798A #7D4E8A #8A5F4E #5B8A4E

square

#4E798A #7D4E8A #8A5F4E #5B8A4E

split-complementary

#4E798A #8A4E5B #8A7D4E

monochromatic

#22343C #385763 #4E798A #6A99AB #91B4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#4E798A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#4E798A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E798A

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E798A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E798A	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70778B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#67708A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#357E7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e798a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.054 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839fac',
    500: '#4e798a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e798a;
$custom-light: #839fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e798a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 27.778,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55133,
    "c": 0.05434,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E798A

secondary

#AE9186

accent

#7F64C4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E798A

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

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