#4971E6#4971E6

#4971E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.183 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4971E6
RGB	rgb(73, 113, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 50.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, 24.13, -63.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 67.99, 290.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% -0.0111 -0.1826)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.183 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9307, 18.9376, 77.2944)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4971E6 #E6BE49

analogous

#49C0E6 #4971E6 #7049E6

triadic

#4971E6 #E64971 #71E649

tetradic

#4971E6 #E649C0 #E6BE49 #49E670

square

#4971E6 #E649C0 #E6BE49 #49E670

split-complementary

#4971E6 #E67049 #C0E649

monochromatic

#16399F #1D4CD5 #4971E6 #7F9BED #B5C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4971E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#4971E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4971E6

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4971E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4971E6	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2980EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4971e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 113, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.183 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d99ef',
    500: '#4971e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4971e6;
$custom-light: #8d99ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4971e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.713,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58298,
    "c": 0.18292,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4971E6

secondary

#E4D4A7

accent

#C235F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4971E6

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

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