#4974BB#4974BB

#4974BB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.121 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4974BB
RGB	rgb(73, 116, 187)
HSL	hsl(217, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(217, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 38%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.88, 7.28, -41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.88, 42.49, 279.86°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% -0.0211 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.121 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9595, 17.4935, 49.4342)
Luminance	0.1749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4974BB #BB9049

analogous

#49ADBB #4974BB #5749BB

triadic

#4974BB #BB4974 #74BB49

tetradic

#4974BB #BB49AD #BB9049 #49BB57

square

#4974BB #BB49AD #BB9049 #49BB57

split-complementary

#4974BB #BB5749 #ADBB49

monochromatic

#253D64 #365891 #4974BB #7696CC #A2B8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#4974BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#4974BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4974BB

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4974BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4974BB	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#567ABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#466FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00848E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4974bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 116, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.121 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bd0',
    500: '#4974bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4974bb;
$custom-light: #859bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4974bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.368,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56139,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4974BB

secondary

#C9B697

accent

#A453D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4974BB

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

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