#4978DE#4978DE

#4978DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.164 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4978DE
RGB	rgb(73, 120, 222)
HSL	hsl(221, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(221, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 45.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 16.97, -56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 59.35, 286.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0183 -0.1628)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.164 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6443, 20.1211, 71.7835)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4978DE #DEAF49

analogous

#49C2DE #4978DE #6549DE

triadic

#4978DE #DE4978 #78DE49

tetradic

#4978DE #DE49C2 #DEAF49 #49DE65

square

#4978DE #DE49C2 #DEAF49 #49DE65

split-complementary

#4978DE #DE6549 #C2DE49

monochromatic

#1A4092 #2457C6 #4978DE #7D9EE7 #B1C5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#4978DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#4978DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4978DE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4978DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4978DE	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4483E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2676DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0090A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4978de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 120, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.164 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ee9',
    500: '#4978de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4978de;
$custom-light: #8b9ee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4978de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.074,
    "s": 69.302,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59173,
    "c": 0.16382,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4978DE

secondary

#DFCCA4

accent

#B43CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4978DE

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

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