#4E79BE#4E79BE

#4E79BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.117 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79BE
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(217, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(217, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, 6.24, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 41.16, 278.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0214 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.117 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2703, 19.0105, 51.3591)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79BE #BE934E

analogous

#4EB1BE #4E79BE #5B4EBE

triadic

#4E79BE #BE4E79 #79BE4E

tetradic

#4E79BE #BE4EB1 #BE934E #4EBE5B

square

#4E79BE #BE4EB1 #BE934E #4EBE5B

split-complementary

#4E79BE #BE5B4E #B1BE4E

monochromatic

#27416A #385C97 #4E79BE #7B9BCE #A8BDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#4E79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#4E79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79BE

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79BE	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D74BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.117 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889fd2',
    500: '#4e79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79be;
$custom-light: #889fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.964,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57674,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79BE

secondary

#CCBA9C

accent

#A352D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79BE

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

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