#4973CE#4973CE

#4973CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.148 H 263.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973CE
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 206)
HSL	hsl(221, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(221, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 44.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 14.47, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 53.51, 285.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.09% -0.0162 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(57.09% 0.148 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.0151, 18.1323, 60.8256)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973CE #CEA449

analogous

#49B5CE #4973CE #6249CE

triadic

#4973CE #CE4973 #73CE49

tetradic

#4973CE #CE49B5 #CEA449 #49CE62

square

#4973CE #CE49B5 #CEA449 #49CE62

split-complementary

#4973CE #CE6249 #B5CE49

monochromatic

#213E7B #2E56AC #4973CE #7998DB #A9BDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#4973CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#4973CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973CE

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973CE	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#487DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3270CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008896

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.148 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899add',
    500: '#4973ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973ce;
$custom-light: #899add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.053,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57087,
    "c": 0.14801,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973CE

secondary

#D5C49D

accent

#B047E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973CE

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

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