#4A799E#4A799E

#4A799E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.077 H 243.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A799E
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 158)
HSL	hsl(206, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(206, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, -5.09, -24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 25.32, 258.40°)
OKLab	oklab(55.8% -0.0345 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(55.8% 0.077 243.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8308, 17.5979, 34.9036)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A799E #9E6F4A

analogous

#4A9E99 #4A799E #4A4F9E

triadic

#4A799E #9E4A79 #799E4A

tetradic

#4A799E #994A9E #9E6F4A #4F9E4A

square

#4A799E #994A9E #9E6F4A #4F9E4A

split-complementary

#4A799E #9E4A4F #9E994A

monochromatic

#23394B #365974 #4A799E #6B97BA #95B5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#4A799E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#4A799E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A799E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A799E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A799E	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6979A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E719D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a799e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.077 243.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#829fba',
    500: '#4a799e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a799e;
$custom-light: #829fba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a799e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.429,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.558,
    "c": 0.07736,
    "h": 243.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A799E

secondary

#B99F8A

accent

#8D5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F6

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E11

muted

#7C7E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A799E

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

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