#4970D9#4970D9

#4970D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.167 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970D9
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 217)
HSL	hsl(224, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 48.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 20.19, -58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 61.42, 289.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0117 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.167 266)
XYZ	xyz(21.0619, 18.0125, 67.9990)
Luminance	0.1802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970D9 #D9B249

analogous

#49B8D9 #4970D9 #6A49D9

triadic

#4970D9 #D94970 #70D949

tetradic

#4970D9 #D949B8 #D9B249 #49D96A

square

#4970D9 #D949B8 #D9B249 #49D96A

split-complementary

#4970D9 #D96A49 #B8D949

monochromatic

#1D3B8B #2850BD #4970D9 #7C98E4 #AEC0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#4970D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#4970D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970D9

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4970D9	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1170D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00889A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.167 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98e5',
    500: '#4970d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970d9;
$custom-light: #8b98e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.75,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57191,
    "c": 0.16665,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.18015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970D9

secondary

#DCCCA2

accent

#BB3FE8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970D9

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

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