#4973E2#4973E2

#4973E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.175 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973E2
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 226)
HSL	hsl(224, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 49.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, 21.48, -60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 64.56, 289.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.42% -0.0133 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(58.42% 0.175 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6011, 19.1667, 74.4452)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973E2 #E2B849

analogous

#49C0E2 #4973E2 #6B49E2

triadic

#4973E2 #E24973 #73E249

tetradic

#4973E2 #E249C0 #E2B849 #49E26B

square

#4973E2 #E249C0 #E2B849 #49E26B

split-complementary

#4973E2 #E26B49 #C0E249

monochromatic

#183B98 #2150CD #4973E2 #7E9CEA #B3C4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#4973E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#4973E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973E2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973E2	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3481E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.175 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9aec',
    500: '#4973e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973e2;
$custom-light: #8c9aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.529,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58418,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973E2

secondary

#E2D1A5

accent

#BD39EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973E2

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

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