#4874B2#4874B2

#4874B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.109 H 257.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4874B2
RGB	rgb(72, 116, 178)
HSL	hsl(215, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(215, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 34.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 4.02, -37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 37.68, 276.12°)
OKLab	oklab(55.58% -0.0242 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(55.58% 0.109 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9509, 17.0814, 44.5146)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4874B2 #B28648

analogous

#48A9B2 #4874B2 #5148B2

triadic

#4874B2 #B24874 #74B248

tetradic

#4874B2 #B248A9 #B28648 #48B251

square

#4874B2 #B248A9 #B28648 #48B251

split-complementary

#4874B2 #B25148 #A9B248

monochromatic

#253B5B #365886 #4874B2 #7194C6 #9DB5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#4874B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#4874B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4874B2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4874B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4874B2	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A78B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4874b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 116, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.109 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849bc9',
    500: '#4874b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4874b2;
$custom-light: #849bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4874b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.094,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55575,
    "c": 0.10871,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4874B2

secondary

#C4AF92

accent

#9E56D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4874B2

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

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