#4973DC#4973DC

#4973DC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.167 H 265.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973DC
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 220)
HSL	hsl(223, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 47.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.50, 19.37, -58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.50, 61.25, 288.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% -0.014 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.167 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7921, 18.8431, 70.1849)
Luminance	0.1885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973DC #DCB249

analogous

#49BDDC #4973DC #6849DC

triadic

#4973DC #DC4973 #73DC49

tetradic

#4973DC #DC49BD #DCB249 #49DC68

square

#4973DC #DC49BD #DCB249 #49DC68

split-complementary

#4973DC #DC6849 #BDDC49

monochromatic

#1C3D8F #2552C2 #4973DC #7C9AE6 #B0C2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#4973DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#4973DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973DC

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973DC	1.00	4.40	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1872DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.167 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae7',
    500: '#4973dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973dc;
$custom-light: #8b9ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58008,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973DC

secondary

#DECDA3

accent

#B93DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973DC

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

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