#4E79CD#4E79CD

#4E79CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.138 H 262.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79CD
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 205)
HSL	hsl(220, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(220, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 41%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, 11.31, -48.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 49.31, 283.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% -0.018 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.138 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9949, 19.7003, 60.4419)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79CD #CDA24E

analogous

#4EB8CD #4E79CD #624ECD

triadic

#4E79CD #CD4E79 #79CD4E

tetradic

#4E79CD #CD4EB8 #CDA24E #4ECD62

square

#4E79CD #CD4EB8 #CDA24E #4ECD62

split-complementary

#4E79CD #CD624E #B8CD4E

monochromatic

#23427D #315BAD #4E79CD #7E9DDA #ADC1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#4E79CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#4E79CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79CD

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79CD	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5481D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4175CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.138 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fdd',
    500: '#4e79cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79cd;
$custom-light: #8b9fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.685,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58551,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79CD

secondary

#D6C4A1

accent

#AC49DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79CD

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

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