#4970DC#4970DC

#4970DC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.171 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970DC
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 220)
HSL	hsl(224, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 49.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.70, 21.24, -59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.70, 63.08, 289.68°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0113 -0.1703)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.171 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4556, 18.1700, 70.0727)
Luminance	0.1817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970DC #DCB549

analogous

#49B9DC #4970DC #6C49DC

triadic

#4970DC #DC4970 #70DC49

tetradic

#4970DC #DC49B9 #DCB549 #49DC6C

square

#4970DC #DC49B9 #DCB549 #49DC6C

split-complementary

#4970DC #DC6C49 #B9DC49

monochromatic

#1C3A8F #254FC2 #4970DC #7C98E6 #B0C1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#4970DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#4970DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970DC

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#347DE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0370DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.171 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b98e7',
    500: '#4970dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970dc;
$custom-light: #8b98e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.082,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57397,
    "c": 0.17071,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970DC

secondary

#DECEA3

accent

#BD3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970DC

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

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