#4972E6#4972E6

#4972E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.182 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972E6
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(224, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 23.51, -63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 67.37, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.012 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.182 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.0429, 19.1620, 77.3318)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972E6 #E6BD49

analogous

#49C1E6 #4972E6 #6F49E6

triadic

#4972E6 #E64972 #72E649

tetradic

#4972E6 #E649C1 #E6BD49 #49E66F

square

#4972E6 #E649C1 #E6BD49 #49E66F

split-complementary

#4972E6 #E66F49 #C1E649

monochromatic

#163A9F #1D4DD5 #4972E6 #7F9CED #B5C5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#4972E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#4972E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972E6

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972E6	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.182 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9aef',
    500: '#4972e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972e6;
$custom-light: #8d9aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.331,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58497,
    "c": 0.18171,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972E6

secondary

#E4D4A7

accent

#C135F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972E6

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

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