#4872BC#4872BC

#4872BC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.125 H 261.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4872BC
RGB	rgb(72, 114, 188)
HSL	hsl(218, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(218, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 39.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 8.66, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 44.19, 281.30°)
OKLab	oklab(55.71% -0.0196 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(55.71% 0.125 261)
XYZ	xyz(17.7637, 17.0416, 49.9204)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4872BC #BC9248

analogous

#48ACBC #4872BC #5848BC

triadic

#4872BC #BC4872 #72BC48

tetradic

#4872BC #BC48AC #BC9248 #48BC58

square

#4872BC #BC48AC #BC9248 #48BC58

split-complementary

#4872BC #BC5848 #ACBC48

monochromatic

#253C65 #355792 #4872BC #7595CC #A2B7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#4872BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#4872BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4872BC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4872BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4872BC	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5279BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#426EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4872bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 114, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.125 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ad0',
    500: '#4872bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4872bc;
$custom-light: #859ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4872bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.276,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55707,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.17043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4872BC

secondary

#CAB796

accent

#A652D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4872BC

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

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