#4970C8#4970C8

#4970C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.143 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970C8
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 44%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.48, 14.25, -49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.48, 51.96, 285.91°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% -0.0142 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.143 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9635, 17.1732, 56.9478)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970C8 #C8A149

analogous

#49AFC8 #4970C8 #6149C8

triadic

#4970C8 #C84970 #70C849

tetradic

#4970C8 #C849AF #C8A149 #49C861

square

#4970C8 #C849AF #C8A149 #49C861

split-complementary

#4970C8 #C86149 #AFC849

monochromatic

#233C74 #3154A3 #4970C8 #7895D6 #A7BAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#4970C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#4970C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4970C8

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4970C8	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4779CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.143 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8898d9',
    500: '#4970c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970c8;
$custom-light: #8898d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.575,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56067,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970C8

secondary

#D2C19B

accent

#B04BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970C8

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

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