#4973C8#4973C8

#4973C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.140 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973C8
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 200)
HSL	hsl(220, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(220, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 42.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.31, 12.38, -48.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.31, 50.19, 284.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.71% -0.0173 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(56.71% 0.14 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.3001, 17.8463, 57.0600)
Luminance	0.1785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973C8 #C89E49

analogous

#49B2C8 #4973C8 #5E49C8

triadic

#4973C8 #C84973 #73C849

tetradic

#4973C8 #C849B2 #C89E49 #49C85E

square

#4973C8 #C849B2 #C89E49 #49C85E

split-complementary

#4973C8 #C85E49 #B2C849

monochromatic

#233E74 #3157A3 #4973C8 #7897D6 #A7BBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#4973C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.57

#4973C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4973C8

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4973C8	1.00	4.60	4.57	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C7BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3970C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.140 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889ad9',
    500: '#4973c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973c8;
$custom-light: #889ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.157,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56707,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973C8

secondary

#D2C09B

accent

#AD4BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973C8

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

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