#473EA5#473EA5

#473EA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.160 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473EA5
RGB	rgb(71, 62, 165)
HSL	hsl(245, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(245, 62%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 62.4%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.92, 33.61, -54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.92, 64.05, 301.65°)
OKLab	oklab(43.57% 0.0316 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(43.57% 0.16 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.1106, 7.5007, 36.4523)
Luminance	0.0750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#473EA5 #9CA53E

analogous

#3E69A5 #473EA5 #7B3EA5

triadic

#473EA5 #A5473E #3EA547

tetradic

#473EA5 #A53E69 #9CA53E #3EA57B

square

#473EA5 #A53E69 #9CA53E #3EA57B

split-complementary

#473EA5 #A57B3E #69A53E

monochromatic

#211D4C #342D79 #473EA5 #675EC2 #918AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#473EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#473EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473EA5

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473EA5	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16576B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 62, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.160 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8374c0',
    500: '#473ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473ea5;
$custom-light: #8374c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.243,
    "s": 45.374,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43568,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473EA5

secondary

#B8BE81

accent

#D553CA

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #473EA5

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

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