#1949B4#1949B4

#1949B4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.083; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.178 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1949B4
RGB	rgb(25, 73, 180)
HSL	hsl(221, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(221, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 59.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.53, 26.00, -60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.53, 66.26, 293.10°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% -0.0217 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.178 263)
XYZ	xyz(11.0187, 8.2657, 44.1858)
Luminance	0.0827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1949B4 #B48419

analogous

#1997B4 #1949B4 #3619B4

triadic

#1949B4 #B41949 #49B419

tetradic

#1949B4 #B41997 #B48419 #19B436

square

#1949B4 #B41997 #B48419 #19B436

split-complementary

#1949B4 #B43619 #97B419

monochromatic

#0A1D49 #12337E #1949B4 #2962E1 #5F89E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.91

#1949B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.65

#1949B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1949B4

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1949B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1949B4	1.00	7.91	2.65	7.91
#FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0059B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#515151

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1949b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 73, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.178 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#747bcb',
    500: '#1949b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1949b4;
$custom-light: #747bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1949b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.419,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44502,
    "c": 0.17768,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.08267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1949B4

secondary

#CDAA5C

accent

#B836F2

background

#F7F7FC

surface

#EEEDF9

border

#C9C8D2

text

#0A0913

muted

#7C7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1949B4

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

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