#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
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 51.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 24.76, -63.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 68.61, 291.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0103 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.184 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8198, 18.7157, 77.2574)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4970E6	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4970E6

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

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