#4970ED#4970ED

#4970ED is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.193 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4970ED
RGB	rgb(73, 112, 237)
HSL	hsl(226, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(226, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 52.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 27.22, -67.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 72.45, 292.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0097 -0.1931)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.193 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8226, 19.1168, 82.5388)
Luminance	0.1912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4970ED #EDC649

analogous

#49C2ED #4970ED #7449ED

triadic

#4970ED #ED4970 #70ED49

tetradic

#4970ED #ED49C2 #EDC649 #49ED74

square

#4970ED #ED49C2 #EDC649 #49ED74

split-complementary

#4970ED #ED7449 #C2ED49

monochromatic

#1135AB #1647E2 #4970ED #819CF3 #B8C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#4970ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#4970ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4970ED

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4970ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4970ED	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1481F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4970ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 112, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.193 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e98f4',
    500: '#4970ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4970ed;
$custom-light: #8e98f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4970ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.732,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58605,
    "c": 0.19338,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4970ED

secondary

#E8D9AA

accent

#AB07DE

background

#F9F9FF

surface

#F2F2FE

border

#CCCCD6

text

#0E0D17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4970ED

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

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