#4979CD#4979CD

#4979CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.140 H 260.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979CD
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(218, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 10.41, -48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 49.49, 282.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0223 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.14 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.6006, 19.4970, 60.4234)
Luminance	0.1950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979CD #CD9D49

analogous

#49BBCD #4979CD #5B49CD

triadic

#4979CD #CD4979 #79CD49

tetradic

#4979CD #CD49BB #CD9D49 #49CD5B

square

#4979CD #CD49BB #CD9D49 #49CD5B

split-complementary

#4979CD #CD5B49 #BBCD49

monochromatic

#22427A #2F5CAA #4979CD #799CDA #A9C0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#4979CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#4979CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979CD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979CD	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5381D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F74CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.140 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889fdd',
    500: '#4979cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979cd;
$custom-light: #889fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58308,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979CD

secondary

#D5C19D

accent

#A948E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979CD

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

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