#4969E2#4969E2

#4969E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.187 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4969E2
RGB	rgb(73, 105, 226)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 53.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 27.73, -65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 70.76, 293.07°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% -0.0047 -0.1872)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.187 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.5220, 17.0085, 74.0855)
Luminance	0.1701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4969E2 #E2C249

analogous

#49B5E2 #4969E2 #7549E2

triadic

#4969E2 #E24969 #69E249

tetradic

#4969E2 #E249B5 #E2C249 #49E275

square

#4969E2 #E249B5 #E2C249 #49E275

split-complementary

#4969E2 #E27549 #B5E249

monochromatic

#183398 #2145CD #4969E2 #7E95EA #B3C0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#4969E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#4969E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4969E2

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4969E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4969E2	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A7AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00869B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4969e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 105, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.187 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d93ec',
    500: '#4969e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4969e2;
$custom-light: #8d93ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4969e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.451,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5644,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4969E2

secondary

#E2D5A5

accent

#C939EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4969E2

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

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