#4E79AC#4E79AC

#4E79AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.093 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79AC
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 172)
HSL	hsl(213, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(213, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 29.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 0.31, -31.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 31.67, 270.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% -0.0264 -0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.093 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4230, 18.2716, 41.6304)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79AC #AC814E

analogous

#4EA8AC #4E79AC #524EAC

triadic

#4E79AC #AC4E79 #79AC4E

tetradic

#4E79AC #AC4EA8 #AC814E #4EAC52

square

#4E79AC #AC4EA8 #AC814E #4EAC52

split-complementary

#4E79AC #AC524E #A8AC4E

monochromatic

#283E58 #3B5B82 #4E79AC #7698C1 #A0B8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#4E79AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#4E79AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79AC

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79AC	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5872AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.093 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fc5',
    500: '#4e79ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79ac;
$custom-light: #869fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.553,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56703,
    "c": 0.09282,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79AC

secondary

#C1AD95

accent

#995ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79AC

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

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