#4972DA#4972DA

#4972DA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.166 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972DA
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 218)
HSL	hsl(223, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 47.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 19.29, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 60.75, 288.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0134 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.166 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4154, 18.5110, 68.7605)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972DA #DAB149

analogous

#49BBDA #4972DA #6849DA

triadic

#4972DA #DA4972 #72DA49

tetradic

#4972DA #DA49BB #DAB149 #49DA68

square

#4972DA #DA49BB #DAB149 #49DA68

split-complementary

#4972DA #DA6849 #BBDA49

monochromatic

#1C3C8C #2752BF #4972DA #7C99E4 #AFC1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#4972DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#4972DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972DA

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972DA	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7EDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1971D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.166 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae6',
    500: '#4972da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972da;
$custom-light: #8b9ae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.034,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57668,
    "c": 0.16558,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972DA

secondary

#DDCCA2

accent

#B93FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972DA

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

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