#4B79BE#4B79BE

#4B79BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.118 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B79BE
RGB	rgb(75, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(216, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(216, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 5.64, -40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 41.31, 277.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.024 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.118 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0300, 18.8866, 51.3478)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B79BE #BE904B

analogous

#4BB3BE #4B79BE #574BBE

triadic

#4B79BE #BE4B79 #79BE4B

tetradic

#4B79BE #BE4BB3 #BE904B #4BBE57

square

#4B79BE #BE4BB3 #BE904B #4BBE57

split-complementary

#4B79BE #BE574B #B3BE4B

monochromatic

#264169 #365C96 #4B79BE #789ACE #A5BCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#4B79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4B79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B79BE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B79BE	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	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: #4b79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.118 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fd2',
    500: '#4b79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b79be;
$custom-light: #879fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57521,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B79BE

secondary

#CCB799

accent

#A151D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B79BE

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

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