#4E798B#4E798B

#4E798B is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.055 H 226.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E798B
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 139)
HSL	hsl(198, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 12.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, -9.83, -14.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 17.48, 235.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.17% -0.0381 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(55.17% 0.055 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.6378, 17.1575, 26.9615)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E798B #8B604E

analogous

#4E8B7F #4E798B #4E5A8B

triadic

#4E798B #8B4E79 #798B4E

tetradic

#4E798B #7F4E8B #8B604E #5A8B4E

square

#4E798B #7F4E8B #8B604E #5A8B4E

split-complementary

#4E798B #8B4E5A #8B7F4E

monochromatic

#22353D #385764 #4E798B #6B98AC #92B4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#4E798B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#4E798B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E798B

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E798B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E798B	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)

#6F778C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66708B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347E7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e798b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.055 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839fac',
    500: '#4e798b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e798b;
$custom-light: #839fac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e798b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55174,
    "c": 0.05513,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E798B

secondary

#AE9287

accent

#8063C4

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E798B

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

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