#4979E1#4979E1

#4979E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.167 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4979E1
RGB	rgb(73, 121, 225)
HSL	hsl(221, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(221, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 46.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 17.41, -57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 60.40, 286.75°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% -0.0188 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.167 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1708, 20.5251, 73.9602)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4979E1 #E1B149

analogous

#49C5E1 #4979E1 #6549E1

triadic

#4979E1 #E14979 #79E149

tetradic

#4979E1 #E149C5 #E1B149 #49E165

square

#4979E1 #E149C5 #E1B149 #49E165

split-complementary

#4979E1 #E16549 #C5E149

monochromatic

#194197 #2257CB #4979E1 #7EA0EA #B2C6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4979E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#4979E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4979E1

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4979E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4979E1	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4485E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2477DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0091A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4979e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 121, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.167 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9feb',
    500: '#4979e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4979e1;
$custom-light: #8c9feb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4979e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59578,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4979E1

secondary

#E1CEA5

accent

#B539EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4979E1

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

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