#4A79A5#4A79A5

#4A79A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.086 H 248.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A79A5
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 165)
HSL	hsl(209, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(209, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 26.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, -2.86, -28.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 28.56, 264.26°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% -0.0321 -0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.086 248.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.4505, 17.8458, 38.1677)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A79A5 #A5764A

analogous

#4AA5A4 #4A79A5 #4A4CA5

triadic

#4A79A5 #A54A79 #79A54A

tetradic

#4A79A5 #A44AA5 #A5764A #4CA54A

square

#4A79A5 #A44AA5 #A5764A #4CA54A

split-complementary

#4A79A5 #A54A4C #A5A44A

monochromatic

#243B50 #375A7B #4A79A5 #6E97BE #98B6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#4A79A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#4A79A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A79A5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A79A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A79A5	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B71A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D8388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a79a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.086 248.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839fc0',
    500: '#4a79a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a79a5;
$custom-light: #839fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a79a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.011,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5614,
    "c": 0.08588,
    "h": 248.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A79A5

secondary

#BDA58E

accent

#925ACE

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#EFF2F7

border

#CACCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A79A5

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

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