#4E879F#4E879F

#4E879F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.070 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E879F
RGB	rgb(78, 135, 159)
HSL	hsl(198, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(198, 51%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 15.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.44, -11.84, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.44, 22.01, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0478 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.07 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0616, 21.4494, 35.9825)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E879F #9F664E

analogous

#4E9F8F #4E879F #4E5F9F

triadic

#4E879F #9F4E87 #879F4E

tetradic

#4E879F #8F4E9F #9F664E #5F9F4E

square

#4E879F #8F4E9F #9F664E #5F9F4E

split-complementary

#4E879F #9F4E5F #9F8F4E

monochromatic

#26414D #3A6476 #4E879F #71A4B9 #9ABECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#4E879F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#4E879F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E879F

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E879F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E879F	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#218E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e879f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 135, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.070 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aabb',
    500: '#4e879f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e879f;
$custom-light: #85aabb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e879f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.778,
    "s": 34.177,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5938,
    "c": 0.07019,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E879F

secondary

#BA9C8F

accent

#7E5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E879F

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

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