#4973B2#4973B2

#4973B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.109 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973B2
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 178)
HSL	hsl(216, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(216, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 35.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 4.83, -37.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 38.15, 277.28°)
OKLab	oklab(55.4% -0.0222 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(55.4% 0.109 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9115, 16.8908, 44.4799)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973B2 #B28849

analogous

#49A8B2 #4973B2 #5449B2

triadic

#4973B2 #B24973 #73B249

tetradic

#4973B2 #B249A8 #B28849 #49B254

square

#4973B2 #B249A8 #B28849 #49B254

split-complementary

#4973B2 #B25449 #A8B249

monochromatic

#253B5B #375787 #4973B2 #7394C5 #9EB5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#4973B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#4973B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4973B2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4973B2	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5978B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00818A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.109 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849bc9',
    500: '#4973b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973b2;
$custom-light: #849bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55401,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973B2

secondary

#C4B093

accent

#A056D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973B2

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

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