#4A79E3#4A79E3

#4A79E3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.169 H 264.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A79E3
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 227)
HSL	hsl(222, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(222, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 46.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.59, 18.26, -58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.59, 61.47, 287.29°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% -0.0177 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.169 264)
XYZ	xyz(23.5217, 20.6743, 75.4091)
Luminance	0.2068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A79E3 #E3B44A

analogous

#4AC5E3 #4A79E3 #684AE3

triadic

#4A79E3 #E34A79 #79E34A

tetradic

#4A79E3 #E34AC5 #E3B44A #4AE368

square

#4A79E3 #E34AC5 #E3B44A #4AE368

split-complementary

#4A79E3 #E3684A #C5E34A

monochromatic

#18409B #2056D0 #4A79E3 #7FA0EB #B4C7F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#4A79E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#4A79E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A79E3

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A79E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A79E3	1.00	4.09	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4285E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2077E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a79e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.169 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9fec',
    500: '#4a79e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a79e3;
$custom-light: #8d9fec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a79e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.569,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59756,
    "c": 0.16904,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.20677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A79E3

secondary

#E2D0A6

accent

#B738F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A79E3

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

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