#4970DF#4970DF

#4970DF is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.175 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970DF
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 223)
HSL	hsl(224, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 49.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 22.30, -60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 64.74, 290.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.011 -0.1744)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.175 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8565, 18.3304, 72.1840)
Luminance	0.1833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970DF #DFB849

analogous

#49BBDF #4970DF #6D49DF

triadic

#4970DF #DF4970 #70DF49

tetradic

#4970DF #DF49BB #DFB849 #49DF6D

square

#4970DF #DF49BB #DFB849 #49DF6D

split-complementary

#4970DF #DF6D49 #BBDF49

monochromatic

#1A3A94 #234EC8 #4970DF #7D99E8 #B1C2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#4970DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#4970DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970DF

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4970DF	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307EE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.175 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98ea',
    500: '#4970df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970df;
$custom-light: #8c98ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57605,
    "c": 0.17476,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970DF

secondary

#E0D0A4

accent

#BF3BED

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970DF

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

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