#4970DE#4970DE

#4970DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.173 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970DE
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 222)
HSL	hsl(224, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 49.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 21.95, -60.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 64.19, 289.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0111 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.173 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7221, 18.2766, 71.4761)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970DE #DEB749

analogous

#49BBDE #4970DE #6C49DE

triadic

#4970DE #DE4970 #70DE49

tetradic

#4970DE #DE49BB #DEB749 #49DE6C

square

#4970DE #DE49BB #DEB749 #49DE6C

split-complementary

#4970DE #DE6C49 #BBDE49

monochromatic

#1A3A92 #244EC6 #4970DE #7D99E7 #B1C1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#4970DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#4970DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970DE

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4970DE	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#317EE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.173 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98e9',
    500: '#4970de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970de;
$custom-light: #8c98e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.295,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57536,
    "c": 0.1734,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970DE

secondary

#DFD0A4

accent

#BE3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970DE

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

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