#4A79E5#4A79E5

#4A79E5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.172 H 264.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A79E5
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 229)
HSL	hsl(222, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(222, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 47.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, 18.97, -59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 62.56, 287.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% -0.0174 -0.1708)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.172 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7993, 20.7854, 76.8713)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A79E5 #E5B64A

analogous

#4AC7E5 #4A79E5 #684AE5

triadic

#4A79E5 #E54A79 #79E54A

tetradic

#4A79E5 #E54AC7 #E5B64A #4AE568

square

#4A79E5 #E54AC7 #E5B64A #4AE568

split-complementary

#4A79E5 #E5684A #C7E54A

monochromatic

#17409E #1E55D3 #4A79E5 #80A1ED #B5C8F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#4A79E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#4A79E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A79E5

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A79E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A79E5	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4085E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B77E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a79e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.172 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9fee',
    500: '#4a79e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a79e5;
$custom-light: #8d9fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a79e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.806,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59889,
    "c": 0.17171,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A79E5

secondary

#E4D1A7

accent

#B936F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A79E5

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

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