#4972D8#4972D8

#4972D8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.163 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972D8
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 216)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 47.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 18.59, -56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 59.64, 288.16°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0137 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.163 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1553, 18.4069, 67.3904)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972D8 #D8AF49

analogous

#49BAD8 #4972D8 #6849D8

triadic

#4972D8 #D84972 #72D849

tetradic

#4972D8 #D849BA #D8AF49 #49D868

square

#4972D8 #D849BA #D8AF49 #49D868

split-complementary

#4972D8 #D86849 #BAD849

monochromatic

#1D3C89 #2852BC #4972D8 #7B99E3 #AEC0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#4972D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#4972D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972D8

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972D8	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E71D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.163 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9ae5',
    500: '#4972d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972d8;
$custom-light: #8a9ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.797,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57533,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972D8

secondary

#DCCBA1

accent

#B840E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972D8

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

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