#4970D6#4970D6

#4970D6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.163 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970D6
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 214)
HSL	hsl(223, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 47.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.32, 19.14, -56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.32, 59.75, 288.68°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% -0.0121 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.163 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.6752, 17.8579, 65.9626)
Luminance	0.1786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970D6 #D6AF49

analogous

#49B7D6 #4970D6 #6949D6

triadic

#4970D6 #D64970 #70D649

tetradic

#4970D6 #D649B7 #D6AF49 #49D669

square

#4970D6 #D649B7 #D6AF49 #49D669

split-complementary

#4970D6 #D66949 #B7D649

monochromatic

#1E3B86 #2A51B8 #4970D6 #7B97E1 #ADBEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#4970D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#4970D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4970D6

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4970D6	1.00	4.59	4.57	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7CDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A6FD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.163 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a98e3',
    500: '#4970d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970d6;
$custom-light: #8a98e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.404,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56987,
    "c": 0.16257,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970D6

secondary

#DACAA0

accent

#B942E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970D6

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

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