#4973E4#4973E4

#4973E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.178 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4973E4
RGB	rgb(73, 115, 228)
HSL	hsl(224, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 49.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, 22.19, -61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 65.66, 289.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.013 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.178 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.8771, 19.2771, 75.8990)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4973E4 #E4BA49

analogous

#49C1E4 #4973E4 #6D49E4

triadic

#4973E4 #E44973 #73E449

tetradic

#4973E4 #E449C1 #E4BA49 #49E46D

square

#4973E4 #E449C1 #E4BA49 #49E46D

split-complementary

#4973E4 #E46D49 #C1E449

monochromatic

#173B9C #1F4FD1 #4973E4 #7E9CEC #B4C5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#4973E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#4973E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4973E4

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4973E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4973E4	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3281E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4973e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 115, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.178 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9aed',
    500: '#4973e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4973e4;
$custom-light: #8d9aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4973e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.742,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58557,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4973E4

secondary

#E3D2A6

accent

#BE37F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4973E4

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

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