#4973D8#4973D8

#4973D8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.162 H 264.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973D8
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 216)
HSL	hsl(222, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(222, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 46.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 17.97, -56.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 59.04, 287.72°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0146 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.162 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.2687, 18.6338, 67.4282)
Luminance	0.1864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973D8 #D8AE49

analogous

#49BAD8 #4973D8 #6749D8

triadic

#4973D8 #D84973 #73D849

tetradic

#4973D8 #D849BA #D8AE49 #49D867

square

#4973D8 #D849BA #D8AE49 #49D867

split-complementary

#4973D8 #D86749 #BAD849

monochromatic

#1D3D89 #2853BC #4973D8 #7B9AE3 #AEC1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4973D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4973D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973D8

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973D8	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F7FDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2171D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.162 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9ae5',
    500: '#4973d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973d8;
$custom-light: #8a9ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.378,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5774,
    "c": 0.16167,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973D8

secondary

#DCCAA1

accent

#B640E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973D8

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

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