#4E798E#4E798E

#4E798E is a mid, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.058 H 230.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E798E
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 142)
HSL	hsl(200, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(200, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 14.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, -8.96, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 18.39, 240.85°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.0369 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.058 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.8600, 17.2464, 28.1318)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E798E #8E634E

analogous

#4E8E83 #4E798E #4E598E

triadic

#4E798E #8E4E79 #798E4E

tetradic

#4E798E #834E8E #8E634E #598E4E

square

#4E798E #834E8E #8E634E #598E4E

split-complementary

#4E798E #8E4E59 #8E834E

monochromatic

#23363F #385766 #4E798E #6B98AE #93B4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#4E798E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#4E798E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E798E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E798E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E798E	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F778F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65708E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#337F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e798e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.058 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839faf',
    500: '#4e798e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e798e;
$custom-light: #839faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e798e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.688,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55299,
    "c": 0.05768,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E798E

secondary

#B09588

accent

#8362C5

background

#F8F9FA

surface

#EFF2F4

border

#CACCCE

text

#0B0E10

muted

#7C7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E798E

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

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