#4E79A5#4E79A5

#4E79A5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.084 H 250.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79A5
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 165)
HSL	hsl(210, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(210, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 26.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, -1.93, -28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 28.16, 266.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.35% -0.0286 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(56.35% 0.084 250)
XYZ	xyz(16.7684, 18.0098, 38.1826)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79A5 #A57A4E

analogous

#4EA4A5 #4E79A5 #4F4EA5

triadic

#4E79A5 #A54E79 #79A54E

tetradic

#4E79A5 #A54EA4 #A57A4E #4EA54F

square

#4E79A5 #A54EA4 #A57A4E #4EA54F

split-complementary

#4E79A5 #A54F4E #A4A54E

monochromatic

#273C52 #3A5B7B #4E79A5 #7398BD #9DB6D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#4E79A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#4E79A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79A5

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79A5	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#677BA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C72A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.084 250.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fc0',
    500: '#4e79a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79a5;
$custom-light: #859fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.345,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56351,
    "c": 0.08369,
    "h": 250
  },
  "luminance": 0.18011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79A5

secondary

#BDA891

accent

#955CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79A5

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

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