#4974CE#4974CE

#4974CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.147 H 263.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4974CE
RGB	rgb(73, 116, 206)
HSL	hsl(221, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(221, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 43.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.93, 13.85, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.93, 52.92, 285.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.0172 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.147 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.1297, 18.3616, 60.8639)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4974CE #CEA349

analogous

#49B6CE #4974CE #6149CE

triadic

#4974CE #CE4974 #74CE49

tetradic

#4974CE #CE49B6 #CEA349 #49CE61

square

#4974CE #CE49B6 #CEA349 #49CE61

split-complementary

#4974CE #CE6149 #B6CE49

monochromatic

#213E7B #2E57AC #4974CE #7999DB #A9BEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#4974CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#4974CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4974CE

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4974CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4974CE	1.00	4.49	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3471CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4974ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 116, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.147 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899bdd',
    500: '#4974ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4974ce;
$custom-light: #899bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4974ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.602,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57299,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4974CE

secondary

#D5C39D

accent

#AF47E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4974CE

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

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