#4E79B0#4E79B0

#4E79B0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.098 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79B0
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 176)
HSL	hsl(214, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(214, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 31.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 1.61, -33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 33.74, 272.73°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0252 -0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.098 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8130, 18.4276, 43.6841)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79B0 #B0854E

analogous

#4EAAB0 #4E79B0 #544EB0

triadic

#4E79B0 #B04E79 #79B04E

tetradic

#4E79B0 #B04EAA #B0854E #4EB054

square

#4E79B0 #B04EAA #B0854E #4EB054

split-complementary

#4E79B0 #B0544E #AAB04E

monochromatic

#283F5B #3B5C86 #4E79B0 #7899C3 #A2B9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#4E79B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#4E79B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79B0

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79B0	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#637CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5673AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0B858D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.098 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fc8',
    500: '#4e79b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79b0;
$custom-light: #879fc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.673,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56911,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79B0

secondary

#C3B097

accent

#9B59CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79B0

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

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