#4979D0#4979D0

#4979D0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.144 H 261.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979D0
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 208)
HSL	hsl(219, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(219, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 41.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 11.46, -49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 51.12, 282.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0217 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.144 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9662, 19.6433, 62.3489)
Luminance	0.1965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979D0 #D0A049

analogous

#49BCD0 #4979D0 #5D49D0

triadic

#4979D0 #D04979 #79D049

tetradic

#4979D0 #D049BC #D0A049 #49D05D

square

#4979D0 #D049BC #D0A049 #49D05D

split-complementary

#4979D0 #D05D49 #BCD049

monochromatic

#21427E #2D5BAF #4979D0 #7A9DDD #AAC1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#4979D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#4979D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979D0

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979D0	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5181D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C75CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.144 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fdf',
    500: '#4979d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979d0;
$custom-light: #899fdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.667,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58492,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979D0

secondary

#D7C39E

accent

#AB46E2

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979D0

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

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