#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
RGBrgb(73, 112, 225)
HSLhsl(225, 72%, 58%)
HSVhsv(225, 68%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.6%, 50.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LABlab(50.02, 23.00, -61.70)
CIE-LCHlch(50.02, 65.85, 290.45°)
OKLaboklab(57.75% -0.0108 -0.1771)
OKLCHoklch(57.75% 0.177 266.5)
XYZxyz(22.1277, 18.4389, 73.6125)
Luminance0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##4970E11.004.484.694.69
#FFFFFF4.481.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6921.001.001.00
##0000004.6921.001.001.00

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

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#4970E1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva