#4972BC#4972BC

#4972BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.124 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972BC
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(219, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(219, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 8.85, -43.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 44.15, 281.57°)
OKLab	oklab(55.76% -0.0187 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(55.76% 0.124 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8389, 17.0804, 49.9240)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972BC #BC9349

analogous

#49ABBC #4972BC #5949BC

triadic

#4972BC #BC4972 #72BC49

tetradic

#4972BC #BC49AB #BC9349 #49BC59

square

#4972BC #BC49AB #BC9349 #49BC59

split-complementary

#4972BC #BC5949 #ABBC49

monochromatic

#253C65 #365792 #4972BC #7695CC #A2B7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#4972BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#4972BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4972BC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4972BC	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5279BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.124 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ad0',
    500: '#4972bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972bc;
$custom-light: #869ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.609,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55758,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972BC

secondary

#CAB897

accent

#A752D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972BC

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

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