#4E79A4#4E79A4

#4E79A4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.082 H 249.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79A4
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 164)
HSL	hsl(210, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(210, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, -2.25, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 27.67, 265.33°)
OKLab	oklab(56.3% -0.0289 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(56.3% 0.082 249.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6777, 17.9735, 37.7051)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79A4 #A4794E

analogous

#4EA4A4 #4E79A4 #4E4EA4

triadic

#4E79A4 #A44E79 #79A44E

tetradic

#4E79A4 #A44EA4 #A4794E #4EA44E

square

#4E79A4 #A44EA4 #A4794E #4EA44E

split-complementary

#4E79A4 #A44E4E #A4A44E

monochromatic

#273C51 #3A5A7B #4E79A4 #7398BC #9CB6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#4E79A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#4E79A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79A4

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79A4	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.082 249.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fbf',
    500: '#4e79a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79a4;
$custom-light: #859fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56302,
    "c": 0.08242,
    "h": 249.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79A4

secondary

#BDA791

accent

#945CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79A4

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

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