#4072C8#4072C8

#4072C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.144 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4072C8
RGB	rgb(64, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(218, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(218, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.63, 11.48, -49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.63, 51.06, 282.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.07% -0.0238 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(56.07% 0.144 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5533, 17.2929, 56.9925)
Luminance	0.1729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4072C8 #C89640

analogous

#40B6C8 #4072C8 #5240C8

triadic

#4072C8 #C84072 #72C840

tetradic

#4072C8 #C840B6 #C89640 #40C852

square

#4072C8 #C840B6 #C89640 #40C852

split-complementary

#4072C8 #C85240 #B6C840

monochromatic

#203C6E #2D579D #4072C8 #7095D6 #9FB8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#4072C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#4072C8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4072C8

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4072C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4072C8	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#326EC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4072c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(64, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.144 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849ad9',
    500: '#4072c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4072c8;
$custom-light: #849ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4072c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 64,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.941,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5607,
    "c": 0.1441,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4072C8

secondary

#D0BA94

accent

#A849DF

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0D15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4072C8

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

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