#4972D6#4972D6

#4972D6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.160 H 265.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972D6
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 214)
HSL	hsl(223, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 46.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 17.89, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 58.54, 287.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0139 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.16 265)
XYZ	xyz(20.8983, 18.3041, 66.0370)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972D6 #D6AD49

analogous

#49B9D6 #4972D6 #6749D6

triadic

#4972D6 #D64972 #72D649

tetradic

#4972D6 #D649B9 #D6AD49 #49D667

square

#4972D6 #D649B9 #D6AD49 #49D667

split-complementary

#4972D6 #D66749 #B9D649

monochromatic

#1E3D86 #2A53B8 #4972D6 #7B99E1 #ADBFED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#4972D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#4972D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972D6

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972D6	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7DDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2271D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.160 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9ae3',
    500: '#4972d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972d6;
$custom-light: #8a9ae3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.553,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.574,
    "c": 0.16015,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.18306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972D6

secondary

#DACAA0

accent

#B642E6

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972D6

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

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