#4971BA#4971BA

#4971BA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.123 H 261.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4971BA
RGB	rgb(73, 113, 186)
HSL	hsl(219, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(219, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 39.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 8.79, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 43.62, 281.62°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% -0.0181 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.123 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5126, 16.7704, 48.7590)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4971BA #BA9249

analogous

#49A9BA #4971BA #5949BA

triadic

#4971BA #BA4971 #71BA49

tetradic

#4971BA #BA49A9 #BA9249 #49BA59

square

#4971BA #BA49A9 #BA9249 #49BA59

split-complementary

#4971BA #BA5949 #A9BA49

monochromatic

#263B63 #36568F #4971BA #7594CB #A2B6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#4971BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#4971BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4971BA

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4971BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4971BA	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5278BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4971ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 113, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.123 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8599cf',
    500: '#4971ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4971ba;
$custom-light: #8599cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4971ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.761,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55419,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4971BA

secondary

#C8B796

accent

#A753D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0D14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4971BA

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

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