#4970BA#4970BA

#4970BA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.124 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970BA
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 186)
HSL	hsl(219, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(219, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 39.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 9.41, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 44.18, 282.29°)
OKLab	oklab(55.2% -0.017 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(55.2% 0.124 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4017, 16.5485, 48.7220)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970BA #BA9349

analogous

#49A8BA #4970BA #5A49BA

triadic

#4970BA #BA4970 #70BA49

tetradic

#4970BA #BA49A8 #BA9349 #49BA5A

square

#4970BA #BA49A8 #BA9349 #49BA5A

split-complementary

#4970BA #BA5A49 #A8BA49

monochromatic

#263B63 #36558F #4970BA #7593CB #A2B6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4970BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4970BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4970BA

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4970BA	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5077BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406CB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.124 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8598cf',
    500: '#4970ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970ba;
$custom-light: #8598cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.292,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55199,
    "c": 0.12384,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970BA

secondary

#C8B796

accent

#A853D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970BA

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

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