#4980CD#4980CD

#4980CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.132 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4980CD
RGB	rgb(73, 128, 205)
HSL	hsl(215, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 37.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 6.15, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 45.67, 277.74°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0294 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.132 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4823, 21.2605, 60.7173)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4980CD #CD9649

analogous

#49C2CD #4980CD #5449CD

triadic

#4980CD #CD4980 #80CD49

tetradic

#4980CD #CD49C2 #CD9649 #49CD54

square

#4980CD #CD49C2 #CD9649 #49CD54

split-complementary

#4980CD #CD5449 #C2CD49

monochromatic

#22467A #2F62AA #4980CD #79A2DA #A9C3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#4980CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#4980CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4980CD

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4980CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4980CD	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E86D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B79CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00929D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4980cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 128, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.132 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a4dc',
    500: '#4980cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4980cd;
$custom-light: #88a4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4980cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59836,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4980CD

secondary

#D5BE9D

accent

#A148E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F3FB

border

#CBCDD4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4980CD

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

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