#4879BB#4879BB

#4879BB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.116 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4879BB
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 187)
HSL	hsl(214, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(214, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 35.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 4.03, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 39.88, 275.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% -0.0273 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.116 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4763, 18.6386, 49.6280)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4879BB #BB8A48

analogous

#48B2BB #4879BB #5048BB

triadic

#4879BB #BB4879 #79BB48

tetradic

#4879BB #BB48B2 #BB8A48 #48BB50

square

#4879BB #BB48B2 #BB8A48 #48BB50

split-complementary

#4879BB #BB5048 #B2BB48

monochromatic

#254064 #365C90 #4879BB #759ACC #A1BADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4879BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4879BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4879BB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4879BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4879BB	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D73BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4879bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.116 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fd0',
    500: '#4879bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4879bb;
$custom-light: #859fd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4879bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.435,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57205,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4879BB

secondary

#C9B396

accent

#9E52D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4879BB

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

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