#4873BD#4873BD

#4873BD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.125 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4873BD
RGB	rgb(72, 115, 189)
HSL	hsl(218, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(218, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 39.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 8.39, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 44.18, 280.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% -0.0204 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.125 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9853, 17.3117, 50.5279)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4873BD #BD9248

analogous

#48ADBD #4873BD #5748BD

triadic

#4873BD #BD4873 #73BD48

tetradic

#4873BD #BD48AD #BD9248 #48BD57

square

#4873BD #BD48AD #BD9248 #48BD57

split-complementary

#4873BD #BD5748 #ADBD48

monochromatic

#253D66 #355793 #4873BD #7595CD #A2B8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#4873BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#4873BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4873BD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4873BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4873BD	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5379C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00848F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4873bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 115, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.125 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ad1',
    500: '#4873bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4873bd;
$custom-light: #859ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4873bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.949,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55986,
    "c": 0.12493,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4873BD

secondary

#CAB797

accent

#A651D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4873BD

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

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