#4A799B#4A799B

#4A799B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.074 H 241.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A799B
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 155)
HSL	hsl(205, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 21.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, -6.04, -23.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 24.01, 255.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.66% -0.0355 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(55.66% 0.074 241.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.5757, 17.4959, 33.5603)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A799B #9B6C4A

analogous

#4A9B94 #4A799B #4A519B

triadic

#4A799B #9B4A79 #799B4A

tetradic

#4A799B #944A9B #9B6C4A #519B4A

square

#4A799B #944A9B #9B6C4A #519B4A

split-complementary

#4A799B #9B4A51 #9B944A

monochromatic

#223848 #365972 #4A799B #6A97B8 #94B4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#4A799B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#4A799B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A799B

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A799B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A799B	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A799D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F709A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E8184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a799b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.074 241.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fb8',
    500: '#4a799b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a799b;
$custom-light: #829fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a799b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.185,
    "s": 35.371,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55659,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 241.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A799B

secondary

#B89D89

accent

#8B5CCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A799B

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

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