#4A79BE#4A79BE

#4A79BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.119 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A79BE
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(216, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(216, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.51, 5.44, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.51, 41.36, 277.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0249 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.119 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.9524, 18.8466, 51.3442)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A79BE #BE8F4A

analogous

#4AB3BE #4A79BE #554ABE

triadic

#4A79BE #BE4A79 #79BE4A

tetradic

#4A79BE #BE4AB3 #BE8F4A #4ABE55

square

#4A79BE #BE4AB3 #BE8F4A #4ABE55

split-complementary

#4A79BE #BE554A #B3BE4A

monochromatic

#254068 #365C95 #4A79BE #779ACE #A4BCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#4A79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#4A79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A79BE

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A79BE	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C73BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.119 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fd2',
    500: '#4a79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a79be;
$custom-light: #869fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.69,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57472,
    "c": 0.11886,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A79BE

secondary

#CBB798

accent

#A151D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A79BE

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

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