#4A73AE#4A73AE

#4A73AE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.103 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A73AE
RGB	rgb(74, 115, 174)
HSL	hsl(215, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(215, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 33.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.97, 3.70, -35.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.97, 35.94, 275.91°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% -0.0224 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.103 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5921, 16.7719, 42.3991)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A73AE #AE854A

analogous

#4AA5AE #4A73AE #534AAE

triadic

#4A73AE #AE4A73 #73AE4A

tetradic

#4A73AE #AE4AA5 #AE854A #4AAE53

square

#4A73AE #AE4AA5 #AE854A #4AAE53

split-complementary

#4A73AE #AE534A #A5AE4A

monochromatic

#253A58 #385783 #4A73AE #7293C3 #9DB4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#4A73AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#4A73AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A73AE

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A73AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A73AE	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B77B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E6EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a73ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 115, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.103 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849bc6',
    500: '#4a73ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a73ae;
$custom-light: #849bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a73ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55231,
    "c": 0.10341,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A73AE

secondary

#C2AE92

accent

#9F58D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A73AE

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

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