#4872BA#4872BA

#4872BA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.122 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4872BA
RGB	rgb(72, 114, 186)
HSL	hsl(218, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(218, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 38.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.20, 7.97, -42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.20, 43.09, 280.66°)
OKLab	oklab(55.59% -0.02 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(55.59% 0.122 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5496, 16.9560, 48.7928)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4872BA #BA9048

analogous

#48ABBA #4872BA #5748BA

triadic

#4872BA #BA4872 #72BA48

tetradic

#4872BA #BA48AB #BA9048 #48BA57

square

#4872BA #BA48AB #BA9048 #48BA57

split-complementary

#4872BA #BA5748 #ABBA48

monochromatic

#253C62 #36578F #4872BA #7494CB #A1B6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#4872BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#4872BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4872BA

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4872BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4872BA	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5378BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4872ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 114, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.122 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859acf',
    500: '#4872ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4872ba;
$custom-light: #859acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4872ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 45.238,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55588,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4872BA

secondary

#C8B696

accent

#A553D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4872BA

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

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