#4E879E#4E879E

#4E879E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.069 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E879E
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(197, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 14.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -12.14, -18.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 21.74, 236.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.34% -0.0481 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(59.34% 0.069 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9751, 21.4148, 35.5274)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4E879E #9E654E

analogous

#4E9E8D #4E879E #4E5F9E

triadic

#4E879E #9E4E87 #879E4E

tetradic

#4E879E #8D4E9E #9E654E #5F9E4E

square

#4E879E #8D4E9E #9E654E #5F9E4E

split-complementary

#4E879E #9E4E5F #9E8D4E

monochromatic

#26414C #3A6475 #4E879E #71A4B9 #9ABECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#4E879E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#4E879E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E879E

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E879E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E879E	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e879e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.069 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aaba',
    500: '#4e879e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e879e;
$custom-light: #85aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e879e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.25,
    "s": 33.898,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59338,
    "c": 0.06939,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E879E

secondary

#BA9B8E

accent

#7D5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E879E

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

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