#4972DD#4972DD

#4972DD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.170 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972DD
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(223, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.30, 20.35, -59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.30, 62.41, 289.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.013 -0.1691)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.17 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8116, 18.6694, 70.8467)
Luminance	0.1867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972DD #DDB449

analogous

#49BCDD #4972DD #6A49DD

triadic

#4972DD #DD4972 #72DD49

tetradic

#4972DD #DD49BC #DDB449 #49DD6A

square

#4972DD #DD49BC #DDB449 #49DD6A

split-complementary

#4972DD #DD6A49 #BCDD49

monochromatic

#1B3C91 #2551C4 #4972DD #7D9AE7 #B0C2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4972DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4972DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972DD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972DD	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E71DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.170 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae8',
    500: '#4972dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972dd;
$custom-light: #8b9ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.378,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57872,
    "c": 0.16964,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972DD

secondary

#DFCEA3

accent

#BB3CEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972DD

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

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