#4972B2#4972B2

#4972B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.110 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972B2
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 178)
HSL	hsl(217, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(217, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 36%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.83, 5.45, -38.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.83, 38.68, 278.09°)
OKLab	oklab(55.18% -0.0211 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(55.18% 0.11 259)
XYZ	xyz(16.7980, 16.6640, 44.4421)
Luminance	0.1666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972B2 #B28949

analogous

#49A7B2 #4972B2 #5449B2

triadic

#4972B2 #B24972 #72B249

tetradic

#4972B2 #B249A7 #B28949 #49B254

square

#4972B2 #B249A7 #B28949 #49B254

split-complementary

#4972B2 #B25449 #A7B249

monochromatic

#253A5B #375687 #4972B2 #7393C5 #9EB4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#4972B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#4972B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4972B2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4972B2	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5777B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.110 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849ac9',
    500: '#4972b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972b2;
$custom-light: #849ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55176,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.16665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972B2

secondary

#C4B193

accent

#A156D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972B2

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

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