#4970E4#4970E4

#4970E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.181 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970E4
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 228)
HSL	hsl(225, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 50.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 24.06, -63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 67.50, 290.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% -0.0105 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.181 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5406, 18.6040, 75.7868)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970E4 #E4BD49

analogous

#49BEE4 #4970E4 #7049E4

triadic

#4970E4 #E44970 #70E449

tetradic

#4970E4 #E449BE #E4BD49 #49E470

square

#4970E4 #E449BE #E4BD49 #49E470

split-complementary

#4970E4 #E47049 #BEE449

monochromatic

#17389C #1F4CD1 #4970E4 #7E9AEC #B4C4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#4970E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#4970E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970E4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4970E4	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#297FE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.181 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d98ed',
    500: '#4970e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970e4;
$custom-light: #8d98ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.903,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57957,
    "c": 0.18145,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970E4

secondary

#E3D4A6

accent

#C237F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970E4

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

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