#4E879D#4E879D

#4E879D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.069 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E879D
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 157)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 14%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -12.44, -17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 21.48, 234.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.3% -0.0486 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(59.3% 0.069 225)
XYZ	xyz(17.8894, 21.3805, 35.0759)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E879D #9D644E

analogous

#4E9D8B #4E879D #4E5F9D

triadic

#4E879D #9D4E87 #879D4E

tetradic

#4E879D #8B4E9D #9D644E #5F9D4E

square

#4E879D #8B4E9D #9D644E #5F9D4E

split-complementary

#4E879D #9D4E5F #9D8B4E

monochromatic

#25414B #3A6474 #4E879D #70A4B8 #99BECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4E879D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#4E879D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E879D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E879D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E879D	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e879d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.069 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aaba',
    500: '#4e879d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e879d;
$custom-light: #85aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e879d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.709,
    "s": 33.617,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59296,
    "c": 0.06861,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.21382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E879D

secondary

#B99A8E

accent

#7C5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E879D

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

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