#4970DA#4970DA

#4970DA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.168 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970DA
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 218)
HSL	hsl(224, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 48.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 20.54, -58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 61.97, 289.36°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% -0.0116 -0.1676)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.168 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1923, 18.0647, 68.6861)
Luminance	0.1807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4970DA #DAB349

analogous

#49B9DA #4970DA #6B49DA

triadic

#4970DA #DA4970 #70DA49

tetradic

#4970DA #DA49B9 #DAB349 #49DA6B

square

#4970DA #DA49B9 #DAB349 #49DA6B

split-complementary

#4970DA #DA6B49 #B9DA49

monochromatic

#1C3B8C #2750BF #4970DA #7C98E4 #AFC0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#4970DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#4970DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970DA

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4970DA	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367DDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D70D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.168 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98e6',
    500: '#4970da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970da;
$custom-light: #8b98e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.862,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5726,
    "c": 0.16801,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970DA

secondary

#DDCDA2

accent

#BB3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970DA

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

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