#4E79A0#4E79A0

#4E79A0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.077 H 247.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79A0
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 160)
HSL	hsl(209, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(209, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 24.4%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.29, -3.51, -25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.29, 25.75, 262.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.11% -0.0302 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(56.11% 0.077 247)
XYZ	xyz(16.3222, 17.8313, 35.8326)
Luminance	0.1783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79A0 #A0754E

analogous

#4EA09E #4E79A0 #4E50A0

triadic

#4E79A0 #A04E79 #79A04E

tetradic

#4E79A0 #9E4EA0 #A0754E #50A04E

square

#4E79A0 #9E4EA0 #A0754E #50A04E

split-complementary

#4E79A0 #A04E50 #A09E4E

monochromatic

#263B4E #3A5A77 #4E79A0 #7197BA #9AB5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#4E79A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#4E79A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E79A0

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E79A0	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#697AA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E719F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#258286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.077 247.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fbc',
    500: '#4e79a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79a0;
$custom-light: #859fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.537,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56108,
    "c": 0.0774,
    "h": 247
  },
  "luminance": 0.17833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79A0

secondary

#BBA48F

accent

#915DCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79A0

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

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