#4E879A#4E879A

#4E879A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.066 H 221.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E879A
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 154)
HSL	hsl(195, 33%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 12.3%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, -13.32, -15.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 20.78, 230.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0497 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.066 221.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6364, 21.2793, 33.7435)
Luminance	0.2128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E879A #9A614E

analogous

#4E9A87 #4E879A #4E619A

triadic

#4E879A #9A4E87 #879A4E

tetradic

#4E879A #874E9A #9A614E #619A4E

square

#4E879A #874E9A #9A614E #619A4E

split-complementary

#4E879A #9A4E61 #9A874E

monochromatic

#254049 #396371 #4E879A #6FA4B6 #98BECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4E879A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4E879A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E879A

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E879A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E879A	1.00	4.00	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C849B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e879a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.066 221.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aab7',
    500: '#4e879a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e879a;
$custom-light: #85aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e879a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 32.759,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59172,
    "c": 0.06646,
    "h": 221.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E879A

secondary

#B7978D

accent

#795FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E879A

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

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