#4972C8#4972C8

#4972C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.141 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972C8
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(221, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(221, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.03, 13.00, -49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.03, 50.78, 284.83°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% -0.0163 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.141 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1867, 17.6195, 57.0222)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972C8 #C89F49

analogous

#49B1C8 #4972C8 #5F49C8

triadic

#4972C8 #C84972 #72C849

tetradic

#4972C8 #C849B1 #C89F49 #49C85F

square

#4972C8 #C849B1 #C89F49 #49C85F

split-complementary

#4972C8 #C85F49 #B1C849

monochromatic

#233D74 #3156A3 #4972C8 #7896D6 #A7BBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#4972C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#4972C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4972C8

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4972C8	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.141 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889ad9',
    500: '#4972c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972c8;
$custom-light: #889ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.63,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56493,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972C8

secondary

#D2C09B

accent

#AE4BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972C8

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

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