#4E79AD#4E79AD

#4E79AD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.094 H 253.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79AD
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 173)
HSL	hsl(213, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(213, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 30.1%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 0.63, -32.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 32.18, 271.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.0261 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.094 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5194, 18.3102, 42.1381)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79AD #AD824E

analogous

#4EA9AD #4E79AD #524EAD

triadic

#4E79AD #AD4E79 #79AD4E

tetradic

#4E79AD #AD4EA9 #AD824E #4EAD52

square

#4E79AD #AD4EA9 #AD824E #4EAD52

split-complementary

#4E79AD #AD524E #A9AD4E

monochromatic

#283E59 #3B5B83 #4E79AD #7799C2 #A1B8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#4E79AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#4E79AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79AD

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79AD	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#647CAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5872AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12858B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.094 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869fc5',
    500: '#4e79ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79ad;
$custom-light: #869fc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.842,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56754,
    "c": 0.09416,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79AD

secondary

#C2AD95

accent

#995ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79AD

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

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