#4E79A6#4E79A6

#4E79A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.085 H 250.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79A6
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 166)
HSL	hsl(211, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(211, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 27.1%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.55, -1.62, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.55, 28.65, 266.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.4% -0.0282 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(56.4% 0.085 250.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8598, 18.0463, 38.6638)
Luminance	0.1805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79A6 #A67B4E

analogous

#4EA5A6 #4E79A6 #4F4EA6

triadic

#4E79A6 #A64E79 #79A64E

tetradic

#4E79A6 #A64EA5 #A67B4E #4EA64F

square

#4E79A6 #A64EA5 #A67B4E #4EA64F

split-complementary

#4E79A6 #A64F4E #A5A64E

monochromatic

#273C53 #3A5B7C #4E79A6 #7498BE #9DB7D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#4E79A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#4E79A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79A6

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79A6	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B72A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E8389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.085 250.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859fc0',
    500: '#4e79a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79a6;
$custom-light: #859fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.682,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.564,
    "c": 0.08498,
    "h": 250.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79A6

secondary

#BEA892

accent

#955CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79A6

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

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