#4872AE#4872AE

#4872AE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.105 H 257.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4872AE
RGB	rgb(72, 114, 174)
HSL	hsl(215, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 34.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 3.89, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 36.58, 276.10°)
OKLab	oklab(54.9% -0.023 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(54.9% 0.105 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3271, 16.4669, 42.3542)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4872AE #AE8448

analogous

#48A5AE #4872AE #5148AE

triadic

#4872AE #AE4872 #72AE48

tetradic

#4872AE #AE48A5 #AE8448 #48AE51

square

#4872AE #AE48A5 #AE8448 #48AE51

split-complementary

#4872AE #AE5148 #A5AE48

monochromatic

#243957 #365683 #4872AE #7092C4 #9BB3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#4872AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#4872AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4872AE

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4872AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4872AE	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5976B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6CAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4872ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 114, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.105 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839ac6',
    500: '#4872ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4872ae;
$custom-light: #839ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4872ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54899,
    "c": 0.10536,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4872AE

secondary

#C2AD90

accent

#9F57D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4872AE

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

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