#4972AE#4972AE

#4972AE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.105 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972AE
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 34.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 4.10, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 36.52, 276.45°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% -0.0221 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.105 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4023, 16.5057, 42.3578)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972AE #AE8549

analogous

#49A4AE #4972AE #5249AE

triadic

#4972AE #AE4972 #72AE49

tetradic

#4972AE #AE49A4 #AE8549 #49AE52

square

#4972AE #AE49A4 #AE8549 #49AE52

split-complementary

#4972AE #AE5249 #A4AE49

monochromatic

#253A58 #375683 #4972AE #7192C3 #9CB3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#4972AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#4972AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4972AE

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4972AE	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5976B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.105 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849ac6',
    500: '#4972ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972ae;
$custom-light: #849ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.644,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54952,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972AE

secondary

#C2AE91

accent

#9F57D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972AE

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

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