#4F79BE#4F79BE

#4F79BE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.117 H 259.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F79BE
RGB	rgb(79, 121, 190)
HSL	hsl(217, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(217, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 36.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 6.44, -40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 41.11, 279.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0205 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.117 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3529, 19.0531, 51.3630)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4F79BE #BE944F

analogous

#4FB1BE #4F79BE #5C4FBE

triadic

#4F79BE #BE4F79 #79BE4F

tetradic

#4F79BE #BE4FB1 #BE944F #4FBE5C

square

#4F79BE #BE4FB1 #BE944F #4FBE5C

split-complementary

#4F79BE #BE5C4F #B1BE4F

monochromatic

#28416B #385C98 #4F79BE #7C9BCF #A8BDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#4F79BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#4F79BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4F79BE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F79BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4F79BE	1.00	4.36	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C7EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E74BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f79be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 121, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.117 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899fd2',
    500: '#4f79be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f79be;
$custom-light: #899fd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f79be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.297,
    "s": 46.058,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57726,
    "c": 0.11679,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F79BE

secondary

#CCBA9C

accent

#A452D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F79BE

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

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