#4979C0#4979C0

#4979C0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.122 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979C0
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 192)
HSL	hsl(216, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(216, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 37%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.56, 5.93, -42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.56, 42.48, 278.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0252 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.122 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.0961, 18.8952, 52.4998)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979C0 #C09049

analogous

#49B5C0 #4979C0 #5549C0

triadic

#4979C0 #C04979 #79C049

tetradic

#4979C0 #C049B5 #C09049 #49C055

square

#4979C0 #C049B5 #C09049 #49C055

split-complementary

#4979C0 #C05549 #B5C049

monochromatic

#25416A #345C97 #4979C0 #769AD0 #A4BCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4979C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4979C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979C0

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979C0	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A7EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A73BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.122 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fd3',
    500: '#4979c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979c0;
$custom-light: #869fd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.798,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57538,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979C0

secondary

#CCB798

accent

#A150D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979C0

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

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