#4E799A#4E799A

#4E799A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.070 H 242.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E799A
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 154)
HSL	hsl(206, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(206, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, -5.36, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 23.02, 256.52°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% -0.0323 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.07 242.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.8099, 17.6264, 33.1347)
Luminance	0.1763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E799A #9A6F4E

analogous

#4E9A95 #4E799A #4E539A

triadic

#4E799A #9A4E79 #799A4E

tetradic

#4E799A #954E9A #9A6F4E #539A4E

square

#4E799A #954E9A #9A6F4E #539A4E

split-complementary

#4E799A #9A4E53 #9A954E

monochromatic

#253949 #395971 #4E799A #6F97B6 #98B5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#4E799A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#4E799A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E799A

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E799A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E799A	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B799C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e799a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.070 242.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849fb8',
    500: '#4e799a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e799a;
$custom-light: #849fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e799a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.053,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55827,
    "c": 0.0702,
    "h": 242.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E799A

secondary

#B79F8D

accent

#8D5FC9

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E799A

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

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