#4873BA#4873BA

#4873BA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.121 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4873BA
RGB	rgb(72, 115, 186)
HSL	hsl(217, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(217, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 38.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 7.36, -41.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 42.54, 279.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.81% -0.0211 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(55.81% 0.121 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6630, 17.1828, 48.8306)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4873BA #BA8F48

analogous

#48ACBA #4873BA #5648BA

triadic

#4873BA #BA4873 #73BA48

tetradic

#4873BA #BA48AC #BA8F48 #48BA56

square

#4873BA #BA48AC #BA8F48 #48BA56

split-complementary

#4873BA #BA5648 #ACBA48

monochromatic

#253C62 #36578F #4873BA #7495CB #A1B7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#4873BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#4873BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4873BA

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4873BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4873BA	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5479BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4873ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 115, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.121 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859acf',
    500: '#4873ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4873ba;
$custom-light: #859acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4873ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.368,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55809,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4873BA

secondary

#C8B596

accent

#A453D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4873BA

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

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