#4E79B3#4E79B3

#4E79B3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.102 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79B3
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 179)
HSL	hsl(214, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(214, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 32.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.15, 2.59, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.15, 35.30, 274.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% -0.0243 -0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.102 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1131, 18.5476, 45.2646)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79B3 #B3884E

analogous

#4EACB3 #4E79B3 #554EB3

triadic

#4E79B3 #B34E79 #79B34E

tetradic

#4E79B3 #B34EAC #B3884E #4EB355

square

#4E79B3 #B34EAC #B3884E #4EB355

split-complementary

#4E79B3 #B3554E #ACB34E

monochromatic

#283F5E #3B5C89 #4E79B3 #7999C5 #A4BAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#4E79B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#4E79B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79B3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79B3	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01868E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.102 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fca',
    500: '#4e79b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79b3;
$custom-light: #879fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.455,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57069,
    "c": 0.10221,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79B3

secondary

#C5B298

accent

#9D58D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79B3

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

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