#4969E1#4969E1

#4969E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.186 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4969E1
RGB	rgb(73, 105, 225)
HSL	hsl(227, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 53.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 27.38, -64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 70.20, 292.95°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% -0.0048 -0.1859)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.186 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.3852, 16.9538, 73.3650)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4969E1 #E1C149

analogous

#49B5E1 #4969E1 #7549E1

triadic

#4969E1 #E14969 #69E149

tetradic

#4969E1 #E149B5 #E1C149 #49E175

square

#4969E1 #E149B5 #E1C149 #49E175

split-complementary

#4969E1 #E17549 #B5E149

monochromatic

#193397 #2245CB #4969E1 #7E94EA #B2C0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#4969E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#4969E1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4969E1

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4969E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4969E1	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4969e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 105, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.186 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c93eb',
    500: '#4969e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4969e1;
$custom-light: #8c93eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4969e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.368,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56367,
    "c": 0.18594,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4969E1

secondary

#E1D4A5

accent

#C839EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4969E1

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

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