#4E79A3#4E79A3

#4E79A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.081 H 248.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79A3
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 163)
HSL	hsl(210, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, -2.57, -27.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 27.18, 264.58°)
OKLab	oklab(56.25% -0.0292 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(56.25% 0.081 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5878, 17.9375, 37.2314)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79A3 #A3784E

analogous

#4EA3A3 #4E79A3 #4E4EA3

triadic

#4E79A3 #A34E79 #79A34E

tetradic

#4E79A3 #A34EA3 #A3784E #4EA34E

square

#4E79A3 #A34EA3 #A3784E #4EA34E

split-complementary

#4E79A3 #A34E4E #A3A34E

monochromatic

#263C50 #3A5A7A #4E79A3 #7298BC #9CB6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#4E79A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#4E79A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79A3

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79A3	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#687AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#218387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.081 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fbe',
    500: '#4e79a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79a3;
$custom-light: #859fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.647,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56253,
    "c": 0.08115,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79A3

secondary

#BCA691

accent

#935CCB

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F6

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79A3

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

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