#4A79A4#4A79A4

#4A79A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.085 H 247.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A79A4
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 164)
HSL	hsl(209, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 26.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, -3.18, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 28.08, 263.50°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% -0.0324 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.085 247.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3599, 17.8096, 37.6902)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A79A4 #A4754A

analogous

#4AA4A2 #4A79A4 #4A4CA4

triadic

#4A79A4 #A44A79 #79A44A

tetradic

#4A79A4 #A24AA4 #A4754A #4CA44A

square

#4A79A4 #A24AA4 #A4754A #4CA44A

split-complementary

#4A79A4 #A44A4C #A4A24A

monochromatic

#243B50 #375A7A #4A79A4 #6E97BD #98B5D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#4A79A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#4A79A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A79A4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A79A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A79A4	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B71A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F8388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a79a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.085 247.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839fbf',
    500: '#4a79a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a79a4;
$custom-light: #839fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a79a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56091,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 247.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A79A4

secondary

#BDA48D

accent

#915ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A79A4

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

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