#4970D7#4970D7

#4970D7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.164 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970D7
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 215)
HSL	hsl(224, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 47.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.39, 19.49, -57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.39, 60.31, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.06% -0.0119 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(57.06% 0.164 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.8033, 17.9091, 66.6373)
Luminance	0.1791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970D7 #D7B049

analogous

#49B7D7 #4970D7 #6949D7

triadic

#4970D7 #D74970 #70D749

tetradic

#4970D7 #D749B7 #D7B049 #49D769

square

#4970D7 #D749B7 #D7B049 #49D769

split-complementary

#4970D7 #D76949 #B7D749

monochromatic

#1E3B88 #2951BA #4970D7 #7B97E2 #ADBFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#4970D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#4970D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970D7

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4970D7	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397CDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#186FD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.164 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a98e4',
    500: '#4970d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970d7;
$custom-light: #8a98e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.521,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57055,
    "c": 0.16394,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970D7

secondary

#DBCBA1

accent

#B941E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970D7

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

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