#4879BE#4879BE

#4879BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.120 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4879BE
RGB	rgb(72, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(215, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 5.06, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 41.46, 277.00°)
OKLab	oklab(57.38% -0.0266 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(57.38% 0.12 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.8008, 18.7684, 51.3371)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4879BE #BE8D48

analogous

#48B4BE #4879BE #5248BE

triadic

#4879BE #BE4879 #79BE48

tetradic

#4879BE #BE48B4 #BE8D48 #48BE52

square

#4879BE #BE48B4 #BE8D48 #48BE52

split-complementary

#4879BE #BE5248 #B4BE48

monochromatic

#254067 #355C94 #4879BE #759ACE #A2BBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#4879BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#4879BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4879BE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4879BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4879BE	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	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)

#5B7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B73BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4879be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.120 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fd2',
    500: '#4879be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4879be;
$custom-light: #859fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4879be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.085,
    "s": 47.581,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57375,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4879BE

secondary

#CBB597

accent

#9F51D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4879BE

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

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