#4973DD#4973DD

#4973DD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.168 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973DD
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 221)
HSL	hsl(223, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 48%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 19.72, -58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 61.80, 288.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% -0.0139 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.168 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9250, 18.8963, 70.8845)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973DD #DDB349

analogous

#49BDDD #4973DD #6949DD

triadic

#4973DD #DD4973 #73DD49

tetradic

#4973DD #DD49BD #DDB349 #49DD69

square

#4973DD #DD49BD #DDB349 #49DD69

split-complementary

#4973DD #DD6949 #BDDD49

monochromatic

#1B3C91 #2552C4 #4973DD #7D9BE7 #B0C2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4973DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4973DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973DD

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973DD	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A80E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1472DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.168 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae8',
    500: '#4973dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973dd;
$custom-light: #8b9ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.973,
    "s": 68.519,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58076,
    "c": 0.16843,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973DD

secondary

#DFCEA3

accent

#BA3CEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973DD

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

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