#4873B2#4873B2

#4873B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.110 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4873B2
RGB	rgb(72, 115, 178)
HSL	hsl(216, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(216, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 35.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.07, 4.63, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.07, 38.21, 276.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.35% -0.0231 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(55.35% 0.11 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8363, 16.8521, 44.4764)
Luminance	0.1685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4873B2 #B28748

analogous

#48A8B2 #4873B2 #5248B2

triadic

#4873B2 #B24873 #73B248

tetradic

#4873B2 #B248A8 #B28748 #48B252

square

#4873B2 #B248A8 #B28748 #48B252

split-complementary

#4873B2 #B25248 #A8B248

monochromatic

#253B5B #365786 #4873B2 #7194C6 #9DB5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#4873B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#4873B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4873B2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4873B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4873B2	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5978B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4873b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 115, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.110 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849bc9',
    500: '#4873b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4873b2;
$custom-light: #849bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4873b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.66,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55349,
    "c": 0.10978,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4873B2

secondary

#C4B092

accent

#A056D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4873B2

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

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