#4872DD#4872DD

#4872DD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.170 H 265.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4872DD
RGB	rgb(72, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(223, 69%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 20.19, -59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 62.43, 288.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.0139 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.17 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7364, 18.6307, 70.8432)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4872DD #DDB348

analogous

#48BDDD #4872DD #6848DD

triadic

#4872DD #DD4872 #72DD48

tetradic

#4872DD #DD48BD #DDB348 #48DD68

square

#4872DD #DD48BD #DDB348 #48DD68

split-complementary

#4872DD #DD6848 #BDDD48

monochromatic

#1B3C90 #2451C3 #4872DD #7C9AE7 #AFC2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4872DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4872DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4872DD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4872DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4872DD	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C71DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4872dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.170 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae8',
    500: '#4872dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4872dd;
$custom-light: #8b9ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4872dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.087,
    "s": 68.664,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57824,
    "c": 0.16996,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4872DD

secondary

#DECEA2

accent

#BA3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4872DD

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →