#4970E6#4970E6

#4970E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.184 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4970E6
RGBrgb(73, 112, 230)
HSLhsl(225, 76%, 59%)
HSVhsv(225, 68%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(68.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(50.35, 24.76, -63.98)
CIE-LCHlch(50.35, 68.61, 291.15°)
OKLaboklab(58.1% -0.0103 -0.1838)
OKLCHoklch(58.1% 0.184 266.8)
XYZxyz(22.8198, 18.7157, 77.2574)
Luminance0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4970E6 #E6BF49
analogous
#49BEE6 #4970E6 #7149E6
triadic
#4970E6 #E64970 #70E649
tetradic
#4970E6 #E649BE #E6BF49 #49E671
square
#4970E6 #E649BE #E6BF49 #49E671
split-complementary
#4970E6 #E67149 #BEE649
monochromatic
#16389F #1D4BD5 #4970E6 #7F9AED #B5C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43
#4970E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74
#4970E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970E6
4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4970E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4970E61.004.434.744.74
#FFFFFF4.431.0021.0021.00
#0000004.7421.001.001.00
##0000004.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#257FEA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0071E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008CA0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4970e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.184 266.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d98ef',
    500: '#4970e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4970e6;
$custom-light: #8d98ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4970e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.096,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.581,
    "c": 0.18412,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4970E6
secondary
#E4D5A7
accent
#C335F2
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F2F2FD
border
#CCCCD5
text
#0E0D16
muted
#7E7E84

Preview Lab

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#4970E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva