#4E79BA#4E79BA

#4E79BA is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.112 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79BA
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 186)
HSL	hsl(216, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(216, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 4.90, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 39.02, 277.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0224 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.112 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8391, 18.8380, 49.0882)
Luminance	0.1884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79BA #BA8F4E

analogous

#4EAFBA #4E79BA #594EBA

triadic

#4E79BA #BA4E79 #79BA4E

tetradic

#4E79BA #BA4EAF #BA8F4E #4EBA59

square

#4E79BA #BA4EAF #BA8F4E #4EBA59

split-complementary

#4E79BA #BA594E #AFBA4E

monochromatic

#284066 #395C92 #4E79BA #7A9ACB #A6BCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#4E79BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#4E79BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79BA

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79BA	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E7EBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5074B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.112 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889fcf',
    500: '#4e79ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79ba;
$custom-light: #889fcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.111,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5745,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79BA

secondary

#CAB79A

accent

#A154D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79BA

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

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