#4973E1#4973E1

#4973E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.174 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973E1
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 225)
HSL	hsl(223, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(223, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 48.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.82, 21.13, -60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.82, 64.01, 289.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0134 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.174 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.4643, 19.1120, 73.7247)
Luminance	0.1911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973E1 #E1B749

analogous

#49BFE1 #4973E1 #6B49E1

triadic

#4973E1 #E14973 #73E149

tetradic

#4973E1 #E149BF #E1B749 #49E16B

square

#4973E1 #E149BF #E1B749 #49E16B

split-complementary

#4973E1 #E16B49 #BFE149

monochromatic

#193C97 #2250CB #4973E1 #7E9BEA #B2C4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#4973E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#4973E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973E1

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973E1	1.00	4.35	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3680E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0172DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.174 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9aeb',
    500: '#4973e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973e1;
$custom-light: #8c9aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.421,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58349,
    "c": 0.17382,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973E1

secondary

#E1D0A5

accent

#BC39EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973E1

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

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