#4E79BD#4E79BD

#4E79BD is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.116 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79BD
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 189)
HSL	hsl(217, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(217, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 36%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.65, 5.90, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.65, 40.62, 278.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% -0.0217 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.116 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1614, 18.9669, 50.7855)
Luminance	0.1897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79BD #BD924E

analogous

#4EB0BD #4E79BD #5B4EBD

triadic

#4E79BD #BD4E79 #79BD4E

tetradic

#4E79BD #BD4EB0 #BD924E #4EBD5B

square

#4E79BD #BD4EB0 #BD924E #4EBD5B

split-complementary

#4E79BD #BD5B4E #B0BD4E

monochromatic

#274169 #385C96 #4E79BD #7B9BCE #A7BCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#4E79BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#4E79BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79BD

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79BD	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D7EC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E74BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.116 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889fd1',
    500: '#4e79bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79bd;
$custom-light: #889fd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.757,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57617,
    "c": 0.11582,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79BD

secondary

#CCB99B

accent

#A352D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79BD

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