#4E79A8#4E79A8

#4E79A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.088 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79A8
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 168)
HSL	hsl(211, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(211, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 28%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, -0.98, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 29.65, 268.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.5% -0.0276 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(56.5% 0.088 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0447, 18.1203, 39.6376)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79A8 #A87D4E

analogous

#4EA6A8 #4E79A8 #504EA8

triadic

#4E79A8 #A84E79 #79A84E

tetradic

#4E79A8 #A84EA6 #A87D4E #4EA850

square

#4E79A8 #A84EA6 #A87D4E #4EA850

split-complementary

#4E79A8 #A8504E #A6A84E

monochromatic

#273D54 #3B5B7E #4E79A8 #7598BF #9EB7D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#4E79A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#4E79A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79A8

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79A8	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#667BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A72A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.088 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fc2',
    500: '#4e79a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79a8;
$custom-light: #869fc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.565,
    "c": 0.08757,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79A8

secondary

#BFAA93

accent

#965BCD

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79A8

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

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