#4970E1#4970E1

#4970E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.177 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970E1
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 225)
HSL	hsl(225, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 23.00, -61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 65.85, 290.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0108 -0.1771)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.177 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1277, 18.4389, 73.6125)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970E1 #E1BA49

analogous

#49BCE1 #4970E1 #6E49E1

triadic

#4970E1 #E14970 #70E149

tetradic

#4970E1 #E149BC #E1BA49 #49E16E

square

#4970E1 #E149BC #E1BA49 #49E16E

split-complementary

#4970E1 #E16E49 #BCE149

monochromatic

#193997 #224DCB #4970E1 #7E99EA #B2C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#4970E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#4970E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970E1

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4970E1	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D7EE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0070DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.177 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c98eb',
    500: '#4970e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970e1;
$custom-light: #8c98eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.605,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57745,
    "c": 0.17744,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970E1

secondary

#E1D2A5

accent

#C039EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970E1

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

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