#4979D9#4979D9

#4979D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.156 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979D9
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 217)
HSL	hsl(220, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(220, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 44.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.95, 14.60, -54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.95, 56.03, 285.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.06% -0.0201 -0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(59.06% 0.156 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1050, 20.0988, 68.3467)
Luminance	0.2010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979D9 #D9A949

analogous

#49C1D9 #4979D9 #6149D9

triadic

#4979D9 #D94979 #79D949

tetradic

#4979D9 #D949C1 #D9A949 #49D961

square

#4979D9 #D949C1 #D9A949 #49D961

split-complementary

#4979D9 #D96149 #C1D949

monochromatic

#1D428B #2859BD #4979D9 #7C9EE4 #AEC4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#4979D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#4979D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979D9

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979D9	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A83DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3176D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.156 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9fe5',
    500: '#4979d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979d9;
$custom-light: #8a9fe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59058,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979D9

secondary

#DCC9A2

accent

#B03FE8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979D9

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

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