#4979BF#4979BF

#4979BF is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.121 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979BF
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 191)
HSL	hsl(216, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(216, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 36.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 5.59, -41.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 41.95, 277.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.0255 -0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.121 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.9857, 18.8511, 51.9182)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979BF #BF8F49

analogous

#49B4BF #4979BF #5449BF

triadic

#4979BF #BF4979 #79BF49

tetradic

#4979BF #BF49B4 #BF8F49 #49BF54

square

#4979BF #BF49B4 #BF8F49 #49BF54

split-complementary

#4979BF #BF5449 #B4BF49

monochromatic

#254069 #355C96 #4979BF #769ACF #A4BCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#4979BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#4979BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979BF

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979BF	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B7EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B73BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.121 257.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.593,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5748,
    "c": 0.12061,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979BF

secondary

#CCB798

accent

#A150D8

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979BF

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

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