#4E79B4#4E79B4

#4E79B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.104 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79B4
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 180)
HSL	hsl(215, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(215, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 32.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 2.92, -35.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 35.83, 274.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% -0.024 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.104 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2146, 18.5882, 45.7992)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79B4 #B4894E

analogous

#4EACB4 #4E79B4 #564EB4

triadic

#4E79B4 #B44E79 #79B44E

tetradic

#4E79B4 #B44EAC #B4894E #4EB456

square

#4E79B4 #B44EAC #B4894E #4EB456

split-complementary

#4E79B4 #B4564E #ACB44E

monochromatic

#283F5F #3B5C8A #4E79B4 #799AC6 #A4BAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#4E79B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#4E79B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79B4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79B4	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#617DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5473B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.104 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fca',
    500: '#4e79b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79b4;
$custom-light: #879fca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.706,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57123,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79B4

secondary

#C6B298

accent

#9D57D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79B4

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

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