#474ED9#474ED9

#474ED9 is a mid, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.208 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#474ED9
RGB	rgb(71, 78, 217)
HSL	hsl(237, 66%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(237, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 64.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.89, 41.08, -72.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.89, 82.89, 299.71°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% 0.0144 -0.2078)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.208 274)
XYZ	xyz(17.8431, 11.7965, 66.9688)
Luminance	0.1180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#474ED9 #D9D247

analogous

#4797D9 #474ED9 #8947D9

triadic

#474ED9 #D9474E #4ED947

tetradic

#474ED9 #D94797 #D9D247 #47D989

square

#474ED9 #D94797 #D9D247 #47D989

split-complementary

#474ED9 #D98947 #97D947

monochromatic

#1C2289 #272EBC #474ED9 #7A7FE3 #ACB0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#474ED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#474ED9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #474ED9

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##474ED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##474ED9	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0067DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#005AD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00728C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #474ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 78, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.208 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c80e6',
    500: '#474ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #474ed9;
$custom-light: #8c80e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#474ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.123,
    "s": 65.766,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50717,
    "c": 0.20831,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.11798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#474ED9

secondary

#DCD9A0

accent

#E13FE9

background

#F9F7FE

surface

#F2EEFC

border

#CCC9D5

text

#0E0A16

muted

#7E7C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #474ED9

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

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