#4E79DE#4E79DE

#4E79DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.161 H 264.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E79DE
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 222)
HSL	hsl(222, 69%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(222, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 45.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.47, 17.16, -56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.47, 58.63, 287.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.015 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.161 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1595, 20.5662, 71.8423)
Luminance	0.2057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E79DE #DEB34E

analogous

#4EC1DE #4E79DE #6B4EDE

triadic

#4E79DE #DE4E79 #79DE4E

tetradic

#4E79DE #DE4EC1 #DEB34E #4EDE6B

square

#4E79DE #DE4EC1 #DEB34E #4EDE6B

split-complementary

#4E79DE #DE6B4E #C1DE4E

monochromatic

#1C4096 #2656C9 #4E79DE #82A0E8 #B5C7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4E79DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#4E79DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E79DE

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E79DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E79DE	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4784E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D77DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0090A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e79de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.161 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9fe9',
    500: '#4e79de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e79de;
$custom-light: #8d9fe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e79de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.083,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59617,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E79DE

secondary

#E0CFA8

accent

#B73CEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E79DE

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

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