#4972AA#4972AA

#4972AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.099 H 256.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972AA
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 170)
HSL	hsl(215, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 2.76, -34.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 34.38, 274.61°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% -0.0232 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.099 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0181, 16.3521, 40.3346)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972AA #AA8149

analogous

#49A3AA #4972AA #5049AA

triadic

#4972AA #AA4972 #72AA49

tetradic

#4972AA #AA49A3 #AA8149 #49AA50

square

#4972AA #AA49A3 #AA8149 #49AA50

split-complementary

#4972AA #AA5049 #A3AA49

monochromatic

#243954 #37557F #4972AA #6F92C1 #9AB2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#4972AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#4972AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4972AA

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4972AA	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B76AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6CA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.099 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839ac3',
    500: '#4972aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972aa;
$custom-light: #839ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.639,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54732,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972AA

secondary

#C0AB8F

accent

#9D58D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972AA

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

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