#4972ED#4972ED

#4972ED is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.191 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4972ED
RGB	rgb(73, 114, 237)
HSL	hsl(225, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(225, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 51.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 25.97, -66.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 71.22, 291.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59% -0.0113 -0.1907)
OKLCH	oklch(59% 0.191 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0457, 19.5631, 82.6132)
Luminance	0.1957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4972ED #EDC449

analogous

#49C4ED #4972ED #7249ED

triadic

#4972ED #ED4972 #72ED49

tetradic

#4972ED #ED49C4 #EDC449 #49ED72

square

#4972ED #ED49C4 #EDC449 #49ED72

split-complementary

#4972ED #ED7249 #C4ED49

monochromatic

#1137AB #1649E2 #4972ED #819DF3 #B8C8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#4972ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#4972ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4972ED

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4972ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4972ED	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F82F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4972ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 114, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.191 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9af4',
    500: '#4972ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4972ed;
$custom-light: #8e9af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4972ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58996,
    "c": 0.191,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4972ED

secondary

#E8D8AA

accent

#A907DE

background

#F9F9FF

surface

#F2F2FE

border

#CCCCD6

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4972ED

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

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