#4879BD#4879BD

#4879BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.118 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4879BD
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 189)
HSL	hsl(215, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 36%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 4.71, -40.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 40.93, 276.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0268 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.118 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6919, 18.7249, 50.7635)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4879BD #BD8C48

analogous

#48B3BD #4879BD #5148BD

triadic

#4879BD #BD4879 #79BD48

tetradic

#4879BD #BD48B3 #BD8C48 #48BD51

square

#4879BD #BD48B3 #BD8C48 #48BD51

split-complementary

#4879BD #BD5148 #B3BD48

monochromatic

#254066 #355C93 #4879BD #759ACD #A2BBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4879BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#4879BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4879BD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4879BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4879BD	1.00	4.43	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C73BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4879bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.118 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fd1',
    500: '#4879bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4879bd;
$custom-light: #859fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4879bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.872,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57318,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4879BD

secondary

#CAB597

accent

#9F51D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4879BD

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

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