#4971CE#4971CE

#4971CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.150 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4971CE
RGB	rgb(73, 113, 206)
HSL	hsl(222, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(222, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 45.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 15.71, -52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 54.70, 286.69°)
OKLab	oklab(56.67% -0.0142 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(56.67% 0.15 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7895, 17.6811, 60.7505)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4971CE #CEA649

analogous

#49B4CE #4971CE #6449CE

triadic

#4971CE #CE4971 #71CE49

tetradic

#4971CE #CE49B4 #CEA649 #49CE64

square

#4971CE #CE49B4 #CEA649 #49CE64

split-complementary

#4971CE #CE6449 #B4CE49

monochromatic

#213C7B #2E54AC #4971CE #7997DB #A9BCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#4971CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#4971CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4971CE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4971CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4971CE	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447BD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D6FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4971ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 113, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.150 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8999dd',
    500: '#4971ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4971ce;
$custom-light: #8999dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4971ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.955,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56665,
    "c": 0.1504,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4971CE

secondary

#D5C59D

accent

#B347E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4971CE

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

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