#4972E9#4972E9

#4972E9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.186 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972E9
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(225, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 24.57, -64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 69.02, 290.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0117 -0.1853)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.186 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4678, 19.3319, 79.5697)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972E9 #E9C049

analogous

#49C2E9 #4972E9 #7049E9

triadic

#4972E9 #E94972 #72E949

tetradic

#4972E9 #E949C2 #E9C049 #49E970

square

#4972E9 #E949C2 #E9C049 #49E970

split-complementary

#4972E9 #E97049 #C2E949

monochromatic

#1439A4 #1A4CDA #4972E9 #809CF0 #B6C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#4972E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#4972E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972E9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972E9	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2781ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.186 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9af1',
    500: '#4972e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972e9;
$custom-light: #8d9af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.625,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58709,
    "c": 0.18571,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972E9

secondary

#E6D6A8

accent

#C333F5

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972E9

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

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