#4979CC#4979CC

#4979CC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.138 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979CC
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 204)
HSL	hsl(218, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 40.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 10.07, -47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 48.95, 281.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% -0.0225 -0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.138 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4803, 19.4489, 59.7897)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979CC #CC9C49

analogous

#49BBCC #4979CC #5B49CC

triadic

#4979CC #CC4979 #79CC49

tetradic

#4979CC #CC49BB #CC9C49 #49CC5B

square

#4979CC #CC49BB #CC9C49 #49CC5B

split-complementary

#4979CC #CC5B49 #BBCC49

monochromatic

#224279 #2F5CA9 #4979CC #799CD9 #A9BFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#4979CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#4979CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979CC

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979CC	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5481CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4074CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.138 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889fdc',
    500: '#4979cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979cc;
$custom-light: #889fdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.015,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58247,
    "c": 0.13827,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979CC

secondary

#D4C09D

accent

#A848E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979CC

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

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