#4E79B5#4E79B5

#4E79B5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.105 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79B5
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 181)
HSL	hsl(215, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(215, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 33.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 3.24, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 36.36, 275.12°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% -0.0238 -0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.105 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3168, 18.6291, 46.3376)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79B5 #B58A4E

analogous

#4EADB5 #4E79B5 #564EB5

triadic

#4E79B5 #B54E79 #79B54E

tetradic

#4E79B5 #B54EAD #B58A4E #4EB556

square

#4E79B5 #B54EAD #B58A4E #4EB556

split-complementary

#4E79B5 #B5564E #ADB54E

monochromatic

#284060 #3A5C8B #4E79B5 #799AC7 #A4BAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4E79B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4E79B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79B5

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79B5	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#607DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5373B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00868F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.105 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fcb',
    500: '#4e79b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79b5;
$custom-light: #879fcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.951,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57177,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79B5

secondary

#C6B399

accent

#9E57D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79B5

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

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