#4974E2#4974E2

#4974E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.174 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4974E2
RGB	rgb(73, 116, 226)
HSL	hsl(223, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(223, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 48.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, 20.86, -60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 63.95, 289.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0142 -0.1734)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.174 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7157, 19.3960, 74.4834)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4974E2 #E2B749

analogous

#49C1E2 #4974E2 #6A49E2

triadic

#4974E2 #E24974 #74E249

tetradic

#4974E2 #E249C1 #E2B749 #49E26A

square

#4974E2 #E249C1 #E2B749 #49E26A

split-complementary

#4974E2 #E26A49 #C1E249

monochromatic

#183C98 #2151CD #4974E2 #7E9CEA #B3C5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#4974E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#4974E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4974E2

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4974E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4974E2	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3781E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0573E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4974e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 116, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.174 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9bec',
    500: '#4974e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4974e2;
$custom-light: #8c9bec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4974e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.137,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58621,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4974E2

secondary

#E2D1A5

accent

#BC39EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4974E2

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

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