#4972DE#4972DE

#4972DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.171 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972DE
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 222)
HSL	hsl(223, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 48.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.36, 20.70, -59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.36, 62.96, 289.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0129 -0.1705)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.171 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9452, 18.7229, 71.5504)
Luminance	0.1872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972DE #DEB549

analogous

#49BCDE #4972DE #6A49DE

triadic

#4972DE #DE4972 #72DE49

tetradic

#4972DE #DE49BC #DEB549 #49DE6A

square

#4972DE #DE49BC #DEB549 #49DE6A

split-complementary

#4972DE #DE6A49 #BCDE49

monochromatic

#1A3B92 #2450C6 #4972DE #7D9AE7 #B1C2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4972DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#4972DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972DE

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972DE	1.00	4.43	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0971DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.171 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae9',
    500: '#4972de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972de;
$custom-light: #8b9ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.49,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5794,
    "c": 0.17099,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972DE

secondary

#DFCFA4

accent

#BC3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972DE

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

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