#4D79B3#4D79B3

#4D79B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.103 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D79B3
RGB	rgb(77, 121, 179)
HSL	hsl(214, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(214, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 32.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.10, 2.37, -35.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.10, 35.37, 273.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% -0.0252 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.103 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0318, 18.5057, 45.2608)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D79B3 #B3874D

analogous

#4DACB3 #4D79B3 #544DB3

triadic

#4D79B3 #B34D79 #79B34D

tetradic

#4D79B3 #B34DAC #B3874D #4DB354

square

#4D79B3 #B34DAC #B3874D #4DB354

split-complementary

#4D79B3 #B3544D #ACB34D

monochromatic

#283F5E #3A5C89 #4D79B3 #7899C5 #A3BAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#4D79B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#4D79B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D79B3

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D79B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D79B3	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5473B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d79b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 121, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.103 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fca',
    500: '#4d79b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d79b3;
$custom-light: #869fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d79b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.118,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57017,
    "c": 0.10266,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D79B3

secondary

#C5B197

accent

#9C58D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D79B3

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

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