#4E799B#4E799B

#4E799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.071 H 243.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E799B
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(206, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(206, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, -5.06, -22.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 23.46, 257.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.87% -0.032 -0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(55.87% 0.071 243.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8936, 17.6598, 33.5752)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E799B #9B704E

analogous

#4E9B96 #4E799B #4E529B

triadic

#4E799B #9B4E79 #799B4E

tetradic

#4E799B #964E9B #9B704E #529B4E

square

#4E799B #964E9B #9B704E #529B4E

split-complementary

#4E799B #9B4E52 #9B964E

monochromatic

#25394A #3A5972 #4E799B #6F97B7 #98B5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#4E799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#4E799B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E799B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E799B	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B799D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#60719A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#298184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.071 243.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849fb8',
    500: '#4e799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e799b;
$custom-light: #849fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.494,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55873,
    "c": 0.07137,
    "h": 243.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E799B

secondary

#B8A08D

accent

#8E5FC9

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E799B

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

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