#4872B0#4872B0

#4872B0 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.108 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4872B0
RGB	rgb(72, 114, 176)
HSL	hsl(216, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(216, 59%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 4.56, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 37.66, 276.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% -0.0225 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.108 258)
XYZ	xyz(16.5235, 16.5455, 43.3887)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4872B0 #B08648

analogous

#48A6B0 #4872B0 #5248B0

triadic

#4872B0 #B04872 #72B048

tetradic

#4872B0 #B048A6 #B08648 #48B052

square

#4872B0 #B048A6 #B08648 #48B052

split-complementary

#4872B0 #B05248 #A6B048

monochromatic

#243A59 #365685 #4872B0 #7093C5 #9CB4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4872B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4872B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4872B0

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4872B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4872B0	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5876B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4872b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 114, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.108 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839ac8',
    500: '#4872b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4872b0;
$custom-light: #839ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4872b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.769,
    "s": 41.935,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55011,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.16547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4872B0

secondary

#C3AF91

accent

#A056D2

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4872B0

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

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