#4979DD#4979DD

#4979DD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.161 H 263.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4979DD
RGBrgb(73, 121, 221)
HSLhsl(221, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(221, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 45.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.19, 16.00, -55.97)
CIE-LCHlch(52.19, 58.21, 285.96°)
OKLaboklab(59.32% -0.0194 -0.1601)
OKLCHoklch(59.32% 0.161 263.1)
XYZxyz(22.6316, 20.3094, 71.1200)
Luminance0.2031 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4979DD #DDAD49
analogous
#49C3DD #4979DD #6349DD
triadic
#4979DD #DD4979 #79DD49
tetradic
#4979DD #DD49C3 #DDAD49 #49DD63
square
#4979DD #DD49C3 #DDAD49 #49DD63
split-complementary
#4979DD #DD6349 #C3DD49
monochromatic
#1B4191 #2558C4 #4979DD #7D9FE7 #B0C5F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15
#4979DD on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06
#4979DD on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979DD
5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4979DD#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4979DD1.004.155.065.06
#FFFFFF4.151.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0621.001.001.00
##0000005.0621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4784E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#2B76DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#0090A0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4979dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.161 263.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fe8',
    500: '#4979dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4979dd;
$custom-light: #8b9fe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4979dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59316,
    "c": 0.16129,
    "h": 263.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4979DD
secondary
#DFCBA3
accent
#B33CEB
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F1F2FD
border
#CBCCD5
text
#0D0E16
muted
#7E7E84

Preview Lab

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#4979DD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva