#4969E4#4969E4

#4969E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.190 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4969E4
RGB	rgb(73, 105, 228)
HSL	hsl(228, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(228, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 53.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 28.43, -66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 71.86, 293.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.59% -0.0046 -0.1899)
OKLCH	oklch(56.59% 0.19 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7980, 17.1189, 75.5393)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4969E4 #E4C449

analogous

#49B7E4 #4969E4 #7749E4

triadic

#4969E4 #E44969 #69E449

tetradic

#4969E4 #E449B7 #E4C449 #49E477

square

#4969E4 #E449B7 #E4C449 #49E477

split-complementary

#4969E4 #E47749 #B7E449

monochromatic

#17329C #1F44D1 #4969E4 #7E95EC #B4C1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#4969E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#4969E4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4969E4

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4969E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4969E4	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)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006CE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4969e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 105, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.190 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d93ed',
    500: '#4969e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4969e4;
$custom-light: #8d93ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4969e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.613,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56589,
    "c": 0.18992,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4969E4

secondary

#E3D6A6

accent

#CA37F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4969E4

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

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