#4971E1#4971E1

#4971E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.176 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4971E1
RGB	rgb(73, 113, 225)
HSL	hsl(224, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 49.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 22.38, -61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 65.23, 290.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0116 -0.1758)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.176 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2387, 18.6608, 73.6495)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4971E1 #E1B949

analogous

#49BDE1 #4971E1 #6D49E1

triadic

#4971E1 #E14971 #71E149

tetradic

#4971E1 #E149BD #E1B949 #49E16D

square

#4971E1 #E149BD #E1B949 #49E16D

split-complementary

#4971E1 #E16D49 #BDE149

monochromatic

#193A97 #224ECB #4971E1 #7E9AEA #B2C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4971E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4971E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4971E1

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4971E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4971E1	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#307FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0071DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4971e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 113, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.176 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c99eb',
    500: '#4971e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4971e1;
$custom-light: #8c99eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4971e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57946,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4971E1

secondary

#E1D1A5

accent

#BF39EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4971E1

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

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