#4973DE#4973DE

#4973DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.170 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973DE
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 222)
HSL	hsl(223, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 48.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.63, 20.08, -59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.63, 62.35, 288.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0138 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.17 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0586, 18.9497, 71.5882)
Luminance	0.1895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973DE #DEB449

analogous

#49BEDE #4973DE #6949DE

triadic

#4973DE #DE4973 #73DE49

tetradic

#4973DE #DE49BE #DEB449 #49DE69

square

#4973DE #DE49BE #DEB449 #49DE69

split-complementary

#4973DE #DE6949 #BEDE49

monochromatic

#1A3C92 #2452C6 #4973DE #7D9BE7 #B1C3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#4973DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#4973DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973DE

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973DE	1.00	4.38	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3980E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1172DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.170 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae9',
    500: '#4973de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973de;
$custom-light: #8b9ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.087,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58144,
    "c": 0.16979,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973DE

secondary

#DFCEA4

accent

#BA3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973DE

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

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