#4A79E6#4A79E6

#4A79E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.173 H 264.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A79E6
RGB	rgb(74, 121, 230)
HSL	hsl(222, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(222, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 47.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, 19.32, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 63.11, 287.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.96% -0.0172 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(59.96% 0.173 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9393, 20.8414, 77.6087)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A79E6 #E6B74A

analogous

#4AC7E6 #4A79E6 #694AE6

triadic

#4A79E6 #E64A79 #79E64A

tetradic

#4A79E6 #E64AC7 #E6B74A #4AE669

square

#4A79E6 #E64AC7 #E6B74A #4AE669

split-complementary

#4A79E6 #E6694A #C7E64A

monochromatic

#163FA0 #1D55D5 #4A79E6 #80A1ED #B6C9F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#4A79E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#4A79E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A79E6

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A79E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A79E6	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F86EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1877E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0092A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a79e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 121, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.173 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9fee',
    500: '#4a79e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a79e6;
$custom-light: #8d9fee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a79e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.923,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59956,
    "c": 0.17304,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A79E6

secondary

#E4D2A8

accent

#B935F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A79E6

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

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