#4E79B6#4E79B6

#4E79B6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.106 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79B6
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 182)
HSL	hsl(215, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(215, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 33.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 3.57, -36.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 36.89, 275.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0235 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.106 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.4198, 18.6703, 46.8800)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79B6 #B68B4E

analogous

#4EADB6 #4E79B6 #574EB6

triadic

#4E79B6 #B64E79 #79B64E

tetradic

#4E79B6 #B64EAD #B68B4E #4EB657

square

#4E79B6 #B64EAD #B68B4E #4EB657

split-complementary

#4E79B6 #B6574E #ADB64E

monochromatic

#284061 #3A5C8D #4E79B6 #799AC8 #A5BBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4E79B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4E79B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79B6

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79B6	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)

#607DB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5373B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00878F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.106 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879fcc',
    500: '#4e79b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79b6;
$custom-light: #879fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.192,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57231,
    "c": 0.10627,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79B6

secondary

#C7B499

accent

#9F56D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79B6

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

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