#4972DB#4972DB

#4972DB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.167 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972DB
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 219)
HSL	hsl(223, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.17, 19.65, -58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.17, 61.30, 288.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0133 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.167 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5467, 18.5635, 69.4517)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972DB #DBB249

analogous

#49BBDB #4972DB #6949DB

triadic

#4972DB #DB4972 #72DB49

tetradic

#4972DB #DB49BB #DBB249 #49DB69

square

#4972DB #DB49BB #DBB249 #49DB69

split-complementary

#4972DB #DB6949 #BBDB49

monochromatic

#1C3C8E #2652C1 #4972DB #7C9AE5 #AFC1EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#4972DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#4972DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972DB

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972DB	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7EDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1671D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.167 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae7',
    500: '#4972db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972db;
$custom-light: #8b9ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.151,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57736,
    "c": 0.16694,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972DB

secondary

#DDCDA2

accent

#BA3EEA

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972DB

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

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