#4974E6#4974E6

#4974E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.179 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4974E6
RGB	rgb(73, 116, 230)
HSL	hsl(224, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 49.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 22.27, -62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 66.15, 289.67°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0137 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.179 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2710, 19.6181, 77.4078)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4974E6 #E6BB49

analogous

#49C2E6 #4974E6 #6D49E6

triadic

#4974E6 #E64974 #74E649

tetradic

#4974E6 #E649C2 #E6BB49 #49E66D

square

#4974E6 #E649C2 #E6BB49 #49E66D

split-complementary

#4974E6 #E66D49 #C2E649

monochromatic

#163B9F #1D4FD5 #4974E6 #7F9DED #B5C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#4974E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#4974E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4974E6

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4974E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4974E6	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3282EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4974e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 116, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.179 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9bef',
    500: '#4974e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4974e6;
$custom-light: #8d9bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4974e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.567,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58897,
    "c": 0.17931,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4974E6

secondary

#E4D3A7

accent

#BF35F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4974E6

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

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