#4979E0#4979E0

#4979E0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.165 H 263.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979E0
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 224)
HSL	hsl(221, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(221, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 46%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 17.06, -57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 59.85, 286.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% -0.0189 -0.1642)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.165 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0348, 20.4707, 73.2439)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979E0 #E0B049

analogous

#49C4E0 #4979E0 #6449E0

triadic

#4979E0 #E04979 #79E049

tetradic

#4979E0 #E049C4 #E0B049 #49E064

square

#4979E0 #E049C4 #E0B049 #49E064

split-complementary

#4979E0 #E06449 #C4E049

monochromatic

#194195 #2257C9 #4979E0 #7DA0E9 #B2C6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4979E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4979E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979E0

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979E0	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4584E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2676DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0091A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.165 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9fea',
    500: '#4979e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979e0;
$custom-light: #8c9fea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.927,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59512,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979E0

secondary

#E0CDA4

accent

#B53AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979E0

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

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