#4970C2#4970C2

#4970C2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.135 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970C2
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 194)
HSL	hsl(221, 50%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(221, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 42.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.13, 12.16, -47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.13, 48.62, 284.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% -0.0153 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.135 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2760, 16.8982, 53.3270)
Luminance	0.1690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970C2 #C29B49

analogous

#49ADC2 #4970C2 #5F49C2

triadic

#4970C2 #C24970 #70C249

tetradic

#4970C2 #C249AD #C29B49 #49C25F

square

#4970C2 #C249AD #C29B49 #49C25F

split-complementary

#4970C2 #C25F49 #ADC249

monochromatic

#243C6C #34559A #4970C2 #7794D1 #A5B8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#4970C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#4970C2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4970C2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4970C2	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B78C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#396DC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.135 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8798d5',
    500: '#4970c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970c2;
$custom-light: #8798d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.661,
    "s": 49.794,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55688,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970C2

secondary

#CEBD99

accent

#AD4ED9

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970C2

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

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