#4972DC#4972DC

#4972DC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.168 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972DC
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 220)
HSL	hsl(223, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 48.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 20.00, -58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 61.86, 288.86°)
OKLab	oklab(57.8% -0.0131 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(57.8% 0.168 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6787, 18.6163, 70.1471)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972DC #DCB349

analogous

#49BCDC #4972DC #6949DC

triadic

#4972DC #DC4972 #72DC49

tetradic

#4972DC #DC49BC #DCB349 #49DC69

square

#4972DC #DC49BC #DCB349 #49DC69

split-complementary

#4972DC #DC6949 #BCDC49

monochromatic

#1C3C8F #2551C2 #4972DC #7C9AE6 #B0C2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#4972DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#4972DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972DC

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972DC	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1271DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.168 265.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.265,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57804,
    "c": 0.16829,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972DC

secondary

#DECEA3

accent

#BA3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972DC

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

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