#4973C5#4973C5

#4973C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.136 H 262.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973C5
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 197)
HSL	hsl(220, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(220, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 41.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.14, 11.34, -47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.14, 48.54, 283.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% -0.0178 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.136 262.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9529, 17.7074, 55.2316)
Luminance	0.1771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973C5 #C59B49

analogous

#49B1C5 #4973C5 #5D49C5

triadic

#4973C5 #C54973 #73C549

tetradic

#4973C5 #C549B1 #C59B49 #49C55D

square

#4973C5 #C549B1 #C59B49 #49C55D

split-complementary

#4973C5 #C55D49 #B1C549

monochromatic

#243E70 #32579E #4973C5 #7797D4 #A6BAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#4973C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#4973C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4973C5

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4973C5	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C6FC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.136 262.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879ad7',
    500: '#4973c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973c5;
$custom-light: #879ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.677,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56521,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 262.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973C5

secondary

#D0BE9A

accent

#AB4DDB

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973C5

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

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