#4E79B9#4E79B9

#4E79B9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.110 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79B9
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 185)
HSL	hsl(216, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(216, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 34.6%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 4.57, -38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 38.48, 276.82°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0227 -0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.11 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7332, 18.7957, 48.5303)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79B9 #B98E4E

analogous

#4EAFB9 #4E79B9 #594EB9

triadic

#4E79B9 #B94E79 #79B94E

tetradic

#4E79B9 #B94EAF #B98E4E #4EB959

square

#4E79B9 #B94EAF #B98E4E #4EB959

split-complementary

#4E79B9 #B9594E #AFB94E

monochromatic

#284065 #395C91 #4E79B9 #7A9ACA #A6BBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#4E79B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#4E79B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79B9

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79B9	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F7EBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5173B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.110 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889fce',
    500: '#4e79b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79b9;
$custom-light: #889fce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.888,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57395,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79B9

secondary

#C9B69A

accent

#A055D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79B9

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

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