#4E799E#4E799E

#4E799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.075 H 245.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E799E
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(208, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(208, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.21, -4.13, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.21, 24.82, 260.42°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% -0.0309 -0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.075 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1486, 17.7619, 34.9185)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E799E #9E734E

analogous

#4E9E9B #4E799E #4E519E

triadic

#4E799E #9E4E79 #799E4E

tetradic

#4E799E #9B4E9E #9E734E #519E4E

square

#4E799E #9B4E9E #9E734E #519E4E

split-complementary

#4E799E #9E4E51 #9E9B4E

monochromatic

#263A4C #3A5A75 #4E799E #7197B9 #9AB5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#4E799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#4E799E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E799E

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E799E	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A7AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F719D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#278285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.075 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849fba',
    500: '#4e799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e799e;
$custom-light: #849fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.75,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56013,
    "c": 0.07495,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E799E

secondary

#BAA28E

accent

#905ECA

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E799E

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

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