#4974E5#4974E5

#4974E5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.178 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4974E5
RGB	rgb(73, 116, 229)
HSL	hsl(223, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(223, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 49.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 21.92, -61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 65.60, 289.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.83% -0.0138 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(58.83% 0.178 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1310, 19.5621, 76.6704)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4974E5 #E5BA49

analogous

#49C2E5 #4974E5 #6C49E5

triadic

#4974E5 #E54974 #74E549

tetradic

#4974E5 #E549C2 #E5BA49 #49E56C

square

#4974E5 #E549C2 #E5BA49 #49E56C

split-complementary

#4974E5 #E56C49 #C2E549

monochromatic

#163C9D #1E50D3 #4974E5 #7F9DED #B4C6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#4974E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#4974E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4974E5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4974E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4974E5	1.00	4.27	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3382E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4974e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 116, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.178 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9bee',
    500: '#4974e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4974e5;
$custom-light: #8d9bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4974e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.462,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58828,
    "c": 0.17798,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4974E5

secondary

#E3D3A6

accent

#BE36F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4974E5

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

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