#4E879B#4E879B

#4E879B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.067 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E879B
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 155)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 12.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.29, -13.03, -16.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.29, 21.00, 231.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0493 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.067 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7201, 21.3128, 34.1840)
Luminance	0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E879B #9B624E

analogous

#4E9B88 #4E879B #4E619B

triadic

#4E879B #9B4E87 #879B4E

tetradic

#4E879B #884E9B #9B624E #619B4E

square

#4E879B #884E9B #9B624E #619B4E

split-complementary

#4E879B #9B4E61 #9B884E

monochromatic

#25404A #3A6472 #4E879B #6FA4B7 #98BECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4E879B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4E879B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E879B

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E879B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E879B	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	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)

#7B849C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e879b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.067 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aab8',
    500: '#4e879b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e879b;
$custom-light: #85aab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e879b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.584,
    "s": 33.047,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59213,
    "c": 0.06714,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E879B

secondary

#B8988D

accent

#7A5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E879B

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

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