#4E7E9D#4E7E9D

#4E7E9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.071 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E7E9D
RGB	rgb(78, 126, 157)
HSL	hsl(204, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(204, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 19.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, -7.35, -21.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 22.86, 251.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.0375 -0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.071 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6864, 18.9744, 34.6749)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E7E9D #9D6D4E

analogous

#4E9D94 #4E7E9D #4E569D

triadic

#4E7E9D #9D4E7E #7E9D4E

tetradic

#4E7E9D #944E9D #9D6D4E #569D4E

square

#4E7E9D #944E9D #9D6D4E #569D4E

split-complementary

#4E7E9D #9D4E56 #9D944E

monochromatic

#253C4B #3A5D74 #4E7E9D #709CB8 #99B8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#4E7E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#4E7E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E7E9D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E7E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E7E9D	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#707D9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#65759C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e7e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 126, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.071 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a3ba',
    500: '#4e7e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e7e9d;
$custom-light: #84a3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e7e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.544,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57147,
    "c": 0.07092,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E7E9D

secondary

#B99F8E

accent

#885ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF3F6

border

#CACDD0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E7E9D

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

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