#4972E2#4972E2

#4972E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.176 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972E2
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(224, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.62, 22.11, -61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.62, 65.17, 289.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% -0.0124 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.176 266)
XYZ	xyz(22.4877, 18.9399, 74.4074)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972E2 #E2B949

analogous

#49BEE2 #4972E2 #6C49E2

triadic

#4972E2 #E24972 #72E249

tetradic

#4972E2 #E249BE #E2B949 #49E26C

square

#4972E2 #E249BE #E2B949 #49E26C

split-complementary

#4972E2 #E26C49 #BEE249

monochromatic

#183B98 #214FCD #4972E2 #7E9BEA #B3C4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4972E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#4972E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972E2

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972E2	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3280E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.176 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9aec',
    500: '#4972e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972e2;
$custom-light: #8c9aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.922,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58217,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.18942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972E2

secondary

#E2D1A5

accent

#BE39EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972E2

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

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