#4970B2#4970B2

#4970B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.113 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970B2
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 178)
HSL	hsl(218, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(218, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 37.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 6.68, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 39.77, 279.66°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% -0.0188 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.113 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5749, 16.2178, 44.3677)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970B2 #B28B49

analogous

#49A5B2 #4970B2 #5649B2

triadic

#4970B2 #B24970 #70B249

tetradic

#4970B2 #B249A5 #B28B49 #49B256

square

#4970B2 #B249A5 #B28B49 #49B256

split-complementary

#4970B2 #B25649 #A5B249

monochromatic

#25395B #375587 #4970B2 #7391C5 #9EB3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#4970B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#4970B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4970B2

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4970B2	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5475B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.113 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8498c9',
    500: '#4970b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970b2;
$custom-light: #8498c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.714,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54729,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970B2

secondary

#C4B293

accent

#A456D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0D13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970B2

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

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