#4970D2#4970D2

#4970D2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.157 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970D2
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 210)
HSL	hsl(223, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(223, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 46.7%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 17.74, -54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 57.53, 287.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% -0.0126 -0.1566)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.157 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.1706, 17.6561, 63.3052)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970D2 #D2AB49

analogous

#49B4D2 #4970D2 #6749D2

triadic

#4970D2 #D24970 #70D249

tetradic

#4970D2 #D249B4 #D2AB49 #49D267

square

#4970D2 #D249B4 #D2AB49 #49D267

split-complementary

#4970D2 #D26749 #B4D249

monochromatic

#203B81 #2C52B2 #4970D2 #7A97DE #ABBDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#4970D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#4970D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4970D2

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4970D2	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7BD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#236FD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.157 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8998e0',
    500: '#4970d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970d2;
$custom-light: #8998e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.92,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56719,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970D2

secondary

#D8C89F

accent

#B644E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970D2

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

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