#4E798C#4E798C

#4E798C is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.056 H 227.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E798C
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 140)
HSL	hsl(198, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(198, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, -9.54, -14.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 17.77, 237.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% -0.0377 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.056 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7112, 17.1869, 27.3481)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E798C #8C614E

analogous

#4E8C80 #4E798C #4E5A8C

triadic

#4E798C #8C4E79 #798C4E

tetradic

#4E798C #804E8C #8C614E #5A8C4E

square

#4E798C #804E8C #8C614E #5A8C4E

split-complementary

#4E798C #8C4E5A #8C804E

monochromatic

#22353D #385765 #4E798C #6B98AC #92B4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#4E798C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#4E798C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E798C

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E798C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E798C	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66708C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#347F7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e798c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.056 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839fad',
    500: '#4e798c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e798c;
$custom-light: #839fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e798c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.387,
    "s": 28.44,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55215,
    "c": 0.05595,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E798C

secondary

#AF9387

accent

#8163C5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E798C

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

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