#4979BE#4979BE

#4979BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.119 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979BE
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(215, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(215, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 5.25, -41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 41.41, 277.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0257 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.119 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.8760, 18.8072, 51.3406)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979BE #BE8E49

analogous

#49B3BE #4979BE #5449BE

triadic

#4979BE #BE4979 #79BE49

tetradic

#4979BE #BE49B3 #BE8E49 #49BE54

square

#4979BE #BE49B3 #BE8E49 #49BE54

split-complementary

#4979BE #BE5449 #B3BE49

monochromatic

#254068 #355C95 #4979BE #769ACE #A3BBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#4979BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#4979BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979BE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979BE	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C73BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.119 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fd2',
    500: '#4979be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979be;
$custom-light: #869fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.385,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57423,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979BE

secondary

#CBB698

accent

#A051D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979BE

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

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