#4973CC#4973CC

#4973CC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.145 H 263.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973CC
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 204)
HSL	hsl(221, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(221, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 43.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.54, 13.77, -50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.54, 52.40, 285.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% -0.0165 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.145 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.7737, 18.0357, 59.5542)
Luminance	0.1804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973CC #CCA249

analogous

#49B5CC #4973CC #6149CC

triadic

#4973CC #CC4973 #73CC49

tetradic

#4973CC #CC49B5 #CCA249 #49CC61

square

#4973CC #CC49B5 #CCA249 #49CC61

split-complementary

#4973CC #CC6149 #B5CC49

monochromatic

#223E79 #2F56A9 #4973CC #7998D9 #A9BDE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#4973CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#4973CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973CC

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973CC	1.00	4.56	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497CCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3470CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.145 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889adc',
    500: '#4973cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973cc;
$custom-light: #889adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.763,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56959,
    "c": 0.14526,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973CC

secondary

#D4C29D

accent

#AF48E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973CC

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

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