#4979C8#4979C8

#4979C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.133 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979C8
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 200)
HSL	hsl(217, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 39.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, 8.68, -45.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 46.78, 280.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.0234 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.133 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.0067, 19.2595, 57.2955)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979C8 #C89849

analogous

#49B8C8 #4979C8 #5849C8

triadic

#4979C8 #C84979 #79C849

tetradic

#4979C8 #C849B8 #C89849 #49C858

square

#4979C8 #C849B8 #C89849 #49C858

split-complementary

#4979C8 #C85849 #B8C849

monochromatic

#234174 #315CA3 #4979C8 #789CD6 #A7BEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#4979C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#4979C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979C8

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979C8	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5680CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4474C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.133 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fd9',
    500: '#4979c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979c8;
$custom-light: #879fd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.323,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58006,
    "c": 0.13284,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979C8

secondary

#D2BD9B

accent

#A64BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979C8

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

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