#4E79CE#4E79CE

#4E79CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.139 H 262.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79CE
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 206)
HSL	hsl(220, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(220, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 41.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 11.65, -48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 49.86, 283.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0178 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.139 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1160, 19.7488, 61.0797)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79CE #CEA34E

analogous

#4EB9CE #4E79CE #634ECE

triadic

#4E79CE #CE4E79 #79CE4E

tetradic

#4E79CE #CE4EB9 #CEA34E #4ECE63

square

#4E79CE #CE4EB9 #CEA34E #4ECE63

split-complementary

#4E79CE #CE634E #B9CE4E

monochromatic

#23427F #305BAE #4E79CE #7E9DDB #AEC2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4E79CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#4E79CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79CE

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79CE	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5381D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4075CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.139 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9fdd',
    500: '#4e79ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79ce;
$custom-light: #8b9fdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.844,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58612,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79CE

secondary

#D7C5A1

accent

#AD48E0

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79CE

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

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