#4A79E4#4A79E4

#4A79E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.170 H 264.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A79E4
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 228)
HSL	hsl(222, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(222, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 46.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, 18.61, -59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 62.01, 287.47°)
OKLab	oklab(59.82% -0.0175 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(59.82% 0.17 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6601, 20.7297, 76.1381)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A79E4 #E4B54A

analogous

#4AC6E4 #4A79E4 #684AE4

triadic

#4A79E4 #E44A79 #79E44A

tetradic

#4A79E4 #E44AC6 #E4B54A #4AE468

square

#4A79E4 #E44AC6 #E4B54A #4AE468

split-complementary

#4A79E4 #E4684A #C6E44A

monochromatic

#17409C #1F56D2 #4A79E4 #7FA0EC #B5C8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#4A79E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#4A79E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A79E4

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A79E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A79E4	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4185E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E77E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a79e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.170 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9fed',
    500: '#4a79e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a79e4;
$custom-light: #8d9fed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a79e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.688,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59823,
    "c": 0.17037,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A79E4

secondary

#E3D1A7

accent

#B837F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A79E4

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

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