#4979DF#4979DF

#4979DF is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.164 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979DF
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 223)
HSL	hsl(221, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(221, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 45.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 16.71, -56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 59.30, 286.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0191 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.164 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8996, 20.4167, 72.5317)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979DF #DFAF49

analogous

#49C4DF #4979DF #6449DF

triadic

#4979DF #DF4979 #79DF49

tetradic

#4979DF #DF49C4 #DFAF49 #49DF64

square

#4979DF #DF49C4 #DFAF49 #49DF64

split-complementary

#4979DF #DF6449 #C4DF49

monochromatic

#1A4194 #2358C8 #4979DF #7D9FE8 #B1C6F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4979DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#4979DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979DF

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979DF	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4584E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2876DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0091A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.164 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fe9',
    500: '#4979df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979df;
$custom-light: #8b9fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.8,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59447,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979DF

secondary

#E0CDA4

accent

#B43BED

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979DF

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

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