#4981DB#4981DB

#4981DB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.149 H 259.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4981DB
RGB	rgb(73, 129, 219)
HSL	hsl(217, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(217, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 41.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, 10.40, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 52.55, 281.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% -0.0273 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.149 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3795, 22.2291, 70.0626)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4981DB #DBA349

analogous

#49CADB #4981DB #5A49DB

triadic

#4981DB #DB4981 #81DB49

tetradic

#4981DB #DB49CA #DBA349 #49DB5A

square

#4981DB #DB49CA #DBA349 #49DB5A

split-complementary

#4981DB #DB5A49 #CADB49

monochromatic

#1C488E #2661C1 #4981DB #7CA4E5 #AFC8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4981DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#4981DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4981DB

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4981DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4981DB	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5789DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4981db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 129, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.149 259.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aa5e7',
    500: '#4981db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4981db;
$custom-light: #8aa5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4981db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.986,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60886,
    "c": 0.14943,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4981DB

secondary

#DDC7A2

accent

#A83EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4981DB

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

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