#4979BC#4979BC

#4979BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.117 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979BC
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 188)
HSL	hsl(215, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(215, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 4.57, -40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 40.35, 276.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% -0.0262 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.117 257)
XYZ	xyz(18.6589, 18.7204, 50.1973)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979BC #BC8C49

analogous

#49B2BC #4979BC #5249BC

triadic

#4979BC #BC4979 #79BC49

tetradic

#4979BC #BC49B2 #BC8C49 #49BC52

square

#4979BC #BC49B2 #BC8C49 #49BC52

split-complementary

#4979BC #BC5249 #B2BC49

monochromatic

#254065 #365C92 #4979BC #769ACC #A2BBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4979BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#4979BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979BC

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979BC	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)

#5D7EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D73BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.117 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fd0',
    500: '#4979bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979bc;
$custom-light: #869fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.957,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5731,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.18722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979BC

secondary

#CAB597

accent

#9F52D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979BC

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

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