#4979D8#4979D8

#4979D8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.155 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979D8
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 216)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(220, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 44%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.89, 14.25, -53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.89, 55.48, 284.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0202 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.155 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9753, 20.0469, 67.6638)
Luminance	0.2005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979D8 #D8A849

analogous

#49C1D8 #4979D8 #6149D8

triadic

#4979D8 #D84979 #79D849

tetradic

#4979D8 #D849C1 #D8A849 #49D861

square

#4979D8 #D849C1 #D8A849 #49D861

split-complementary

#4979D8 #D86149 #C1D849

monochromatic

#1D4289 #285ABC #4979D8 #7B9EE3 #AEC3EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#4979D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#4979D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979D8

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979D8	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B83DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3276D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.155 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9fe4',
    500: '#4979d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979d8;
$custom-light: #8a9fe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.86,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58994,
    "c": 0.15455,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979D8

secondary

#DCC8A1

accent

#AF40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979D8

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

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