#4872CC#4872CC

#4872CC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.147 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4872CC
RGB	rgb(72, 114, 204)
HSL	hsl(221, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(221, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 44.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.22, 14.22, -51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.22, 53.02, 285.56°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% -0.0164 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.147 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5851, 17.7701, 59.5129)
Luminance	0.1777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4872CC #CCA248

analogous

#48B4CC #4872CC #6048CC

triadic

#4872CC #CC4872 #72CC48

tetradic

#4872CC #CC48B4 #CCA248 #48CC60

square

#4872CC #CC48B4 #CCA248 #48CC60

split-complementary

#4872CC #CC6048 #B4CC48

monochromatic

#213D78 #2F55A8 #4872CC #7897D9 #A8BCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#4872CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#4872CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4872CC

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4872CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4872CC	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#316FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4872cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 114, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.147 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889adc',
    500: '#4872cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4872cc;
$custom-light: #889adc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4872cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56697,
    "c": 0.1468,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4872CC

secondary

#D4C29C

accent

#AF48E0

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4872CC

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

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