#4973BA#4973BA

#4973BA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.120 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973BA
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 186)
HSL	hsl(218, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(218, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 38.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.54, 7.55, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.54, 42.50, 280.24°)
OKLab	oklab(55.86% -0.0202 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(55.86% 0.12 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7382, 17.2215, 48.8342)
Luminance	0.1722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973BA #BA9049

analogous

#49ABBA #4973BA #5749BA

triadic

#4973BA #BA4973 #73BA49

tetradic

#4973BA #BA49AB #BA9049 #49BA57

square

#4973BA #BA49AB #BA9049 #49BA57

split-complementary

#4973BA #BA5749 #ABBA49

monochromatic

#263C63 #36578F #4973BA #7595CB #A2B7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#4973BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#4973BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4973BA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4973BA	1.00	4.72	4.44	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5579BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456EB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.120 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859acf',
    500: '#4973ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973ba;
$custom-light: #859acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.699,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5586,
    "c": 0.12039,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973BA

secondary

#C8B696

accent

#A553D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973BA

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

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