#4972E4#4972E4

#4972E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.179 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972E4
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 228)
HSL	hsl(224, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 50%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, 22.81, -62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 66.27, 290.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.0122 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.179 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7637, 19.0503, 75.8612)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972E4 #E4BB49

analogous

#49C0E4 #4972E4 #6E49E4

triadic

#4972E4 #E44972 #72E449

tetradic

#4972E4 #E449C0 #E4BB49 #49E46E

square

#4972E4 #E449C0 #E4BB49 #49E46E

split-complementary

#4972E4 #E46E49 #C0E449

monochromatic

#173A9C #1F4ED1 #4972E4 #7E9BEC #B4C5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#4972E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#4972E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972E4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972E4	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.179 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9aed',
    500: '#4972e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972e4;
$custom-light: #8d9aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.129,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58356,
    "c": 0.17904,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972E4

secondary

#E3D3A6

accent

#C037F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972E4

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

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