#4E7E9B#4E7E9B

#4E7E9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.069 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7E9B
RGB	rgb(78, 126, 155)
HSL	hsl(203, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(203, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 18.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, -7.95, -20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 22.09, 248.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.0382 -0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.069 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5170, 18.9067, 33.7830)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7E9B #9B6B4E

analogous

#4E9B91 #4E7E9B #4E589B

triadic

#4E7E9B #9B4E7E #7E9B4E

tetradic

#4E7E9B #914E9B #9B6B4E #589B4E

square

#4E7E9B #914E9B #9B6B4E #589B4E

split-complementary

#4E7E9B #9B4E58 #9B914E

monochromatic

#253C4A #3A5D72 #4E7E9B #6F9CB7 #98B8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4E7E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4E7E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E7E9B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E7E9B	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717D9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66759B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 126, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.069 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3b8',
    500: '#4e7e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7e9b;
$custom-light: #84a3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.597,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57057,
    "c": 0.06883,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7E9B

secondary

#B89D8D

accent

#875FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7E9B

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

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