#4B73AE#4B73AE

#4B73AE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.103 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B73AE
RGB	rgb(75, 115, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 33.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.02, 3.92, -35.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.02, 35.88, 276.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.28% -0.0215 -0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(55.28% 0.103 258)
XYZ	xyz(16.6697, 16.8120, 42.4028)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B73AE #AE864B

analogous

#4BA5AE #4B73AE #554BAE

triadic

#4B73AE #AE4B73 #73AE4B

tetradic

#4B73AE #AE4BA5 #AE864B #4BAE55

square

#4B73AE #AE4BA5 #AE864B #4BAE55

split-complementary

#4B73AE #AE554B #A5AE4B

monochromatic

#263A58 #395783 #4B73AE #7393C3 #9EB4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#4B73AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#4B73AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B73AE

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B73AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B73AE	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	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: #4b73ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 115, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.103 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bc6',
    500: '#4b73ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b73ae;
$custom-light: #859bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b73ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.758,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55284,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.16813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B73AE

secondary

#C2AF93

accent

#9F58D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B73AE

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

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