#4874BB#4874BB

#4874BB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.121 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4874BB
RGB	rgb(72, 116, 187)
HSL	hsl(217, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(217, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 38%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 7.08, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 42.53, 279.59°)
OKLab	oklab(56.09% -0.0219 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(56.09% 0.121 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8844, 17.4548, 49.4307)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4874BB #BB8F48

analogous

#48AEBB #4874BB #5548BB

triadic

#4874BB #BB4874 #74BB48

tetradic

#4874BB #BB48AE #BB8F48 #48BB55

square

#4874BB #BB48AE #BB8F48 #48BB55

split-complementary

#4874BB #BB5548 #AEBB48

monochromatic

#253D64 #365890 #4874BB #7596CC #A1B8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#4874BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#4874BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4874BB

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4874BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4874BB	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00848E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4874bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 116, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.121 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bd0',
    500: '#4874bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4874bb;
$custom-light: #859bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4874bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.043,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56089,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4874BB

secondary

#C9B596

accent

#A352D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4874BB

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

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