#4978C8#4978C8

#4978C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.134 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4978C8
RGB	rgb(73, 120, 200)
HSL	hsl(218, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 40%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 9.29, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 47.34, 281.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.0224 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.134 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8858, 19.0177, 57.2552)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4978C8 #C89949

analogous

#49B7C8 #4978C8 #5949C8

triadic

#4978C8 #C84978 #78C849

tetradic

#4978C8 #C849B7 #C89949 #49C859

square

#4978C8 #C849B7 #C89949 #49C859

split-complementary

#4978C8 #C85949 #B7C849

monochromatic

#234174 #315BA3 #4978C8 #789BD6 #A7BEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#4978C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#4978C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4978C8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4978C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4978C8	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4273C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4978c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 120, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.134 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879ed9',
    500: '#4978c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4978c8;
$custom-light: #879ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4978c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.795,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57788,
    "c": 0.13396,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4978C8

secondary

#D2BD9B

accent

#A74BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4978C8

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

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