#4974B2#4974B2

#4974B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.108 H 257.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4974B2
RGB	rgb(73, 116, 178)
HSL	hsl(215, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(215, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 34.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.41, 4.22, -37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.41, 37.63, 276.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.63% -0.0233 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(55.63% 0.108 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0261, 17.1201, 44.5181)
Luminance	0.1712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4974B2 #B28749

analogous

#49A9B2 #4974B2 #5349B2

triadic

#4974B2 #B24974 #74B249

tetradic

#4974B2 #B249A9 #B28749 #49B253

square

#4974B2 #B249A9 #B28749 #49B253

split-complementary

#4974B2 #B25349 #A9B249

monochromatic

#253B5B #375887 #4974B2 #7395C5 #9EB6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#4974B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#4974B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4974B2

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4974B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4974B2	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A78B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4974b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 116, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.108 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849bc9',
    500: '#4974b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4974b2;
$custom-light: #849bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4974b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.429,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55626,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4974B2

secondary

#C4B093

accent

#9F56D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4974B2

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

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