#4972E1#4972E1

#4972E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.175 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972E1
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 225)
HSL	hsl(224, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 49.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.55, 21.75, -60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.55, 64.62, 289.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.15% -0.0125 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(58.15% 0.175 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3508, 18.8851, 73.6869)
Luminance	0.1889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972E1 #E1B849

analogous

#49BEE1 #4972E1 #6C49E1

triadic

#4972E1 #E14972 #72E149

tetradic

#4972E1 #E149BE #E1B849 #49E16C

square

#4972E1 #E149BE #E1B849 #49E16C

split-complementary

#4972E1 #E16C49 #BEE149

monochromatic

#193B97 #224FCB #4972E1 #7E9BEA #B2C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#4972E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4972E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972E1

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972E1	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3380E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.175 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9aeb',
    500: '#4972e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972e1;
$custom-light: #8c9aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.816,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58147,
    "c": 0.17503,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972E1

secondary

#E1D1A5

accent

#BE39EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972E1

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

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