#4974B8#4974B8

#4974B8 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.117 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4974B8
RGB	rgb(73, 116, 184)
HSL	hsl(217, 44%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(217, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 37%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 6.26, -40.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 40.86, 278.81°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0218 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.117 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6417, 17.3664, 47.7605)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4974B8 #B88D49

analogous

#49ABB8 #4974B8 #5549B8

triadic

#4974B8 #B84974 #74B849

tetradic

#4974B8 #B849AB #B88D49 #49B855

square

#4974B8 #B849AB #B88D49 #49B855

split-complementary

#4974B8 #B85549 #ABB849

monochromatic

#263D61 #37588D #4974B8 #7596C9 #A1B7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#4974B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#4974B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4974B8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4974B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4974B8	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5779BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#486FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4974b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 116, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.117 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bcd',
    500: '#4974b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4974b8;
$custom-light: #859bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4974b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.757,
    "s": 43.874,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55966,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4974B8

secondary

#C7B496

accent

#A254D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4974B8

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

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