#4E79B2#4E79B2

#4E79B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.101 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79B2
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 178)
HSL	hsl(214, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(214, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 32%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 2.26, -34.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 34.78, 273.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.02% -0.0246 -0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(57.02% 0.101 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0123, 18.5073, 44.7339)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79B2 #B2874E

analogous

#4EABB2 #4E79B2 #554EB2

triadic

#4E79B2 #B24E79 #79B24E

tetradic

#4E79B2 #B24EAB #B2874E #4EB255

square

#4E79B2 #B24EAB #B2874E #4EB255

split-complementary

#4E79B2 #B2554E #ABB24E

monochromatic

#293F5D #3B5C88 #4E79B2 #7999C5 #A3BAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#4E79B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#4E79B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79B2

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79B2	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#627CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05868D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.101 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fc9',
    500: '#4e79b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79b2;
$custom-light: #879fc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.2,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57016,
    "c": 0.10086,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79B2

secondary

#C4B198

accent

#9C59CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79B2

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

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