#4979BB#4979BB

#4979BB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.115 H 256.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979BB
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(215, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(215, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 4.23, -39.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 39.82, 276.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.0265 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.115 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5515, 18.6774, 49.6315)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979BB #BB8B49

analogous

#49B2BB #4979BB #5249BB

triadic

#4979BB #BB4979 #79BB49

tetradic

#4979BB #BB49B2 #BB8B49 #49BB52

square

#4979BB #BB49B2 #BB8B49 #49BB52

split-complementary

#4979BB #BB5249 #B2BB49

monochromatic

#254064 #365C91 #4979BB #769ACC #A2BBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4979BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#4979BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979BB

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979BB	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E73BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.115 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fd0',
    500: '#4979bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979bb;
$custom-light: #859fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57254,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979BB

secondary

#C9B497

accent

#9E53D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979BB

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

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