#4973E0#4973E0

#4973E0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.172 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4973E0
RGBrgb(73, 115, 224)
HSLhsl(223, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(223, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 48.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(50.75, 20.78, -59.96)
CIE-LCHlch(50.75, 63.46, 289.11°)
OKLaboklab(58.28% -0.0135 -0.1719)
OKLCHoklch(58.28% 0.172 265.5)
XYZxyz(22.3282, 19.0576, 73.0083)
Luminance0.1906 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4973E0 #E0B649
analogous
#49BFE0 #4973E0 #6A49E0
triadic
#4973E0 #E04973 #73E049
tetradic
#4973E0 #E049BF #E0B649 #49E06A
square
#4973E0 #E049BF #E0B649 #49E06A
split-complementary
#4973E0 #E06A49 #BFE049
monochromatic
#193C95 #2251C9 #4973E0 #7D9BE9 #B2C3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36
#4973E0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81
#4973E0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973E0
4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4973E0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4973E01.004.364.814.81
#FFFFFF4.361.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8121.001.001.00
##0000004.8121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#3780E4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0772DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008D9F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4973e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.172 265.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9aea',
    500: '#4973e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4973e0;
$custom-light: #8c9aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4973e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.311,
    "s": 70.892,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58281,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4973E0
secondary
#E0D0A4
accent
#BC3AEE
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F2F2FD
border
#CCCCD5
text
#0D0E16
muted
#7E7E84

Preview Lab

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#4973E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva