#4878C8#4878C8

#4878C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.134 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4878C8
RGB	rgb(72, 120, 200)
HSL	hsl(218, 54%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(218, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 40%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.66, 9.12, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.66, 47.38, 281.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0232 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.134 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.8106, 18.9789, 57.2517)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4878C8 #C89848

analogous

#48B8C8 #4878C8 #5848C8

triadic

#4878C8 #C84878 #78C848

tetradic

#4878C8 #C848B8 #C89848 #48C858

square

#4878C8 #C848B8 #C89848 #48C858

split-complementary

#4878C8 #C85848 #B8C848

monochromatic

#234173 #315BA2 #4878C8 #779BD6 #A6BDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#4878C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#4878C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4878C8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4878C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4878C8	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4273C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4878c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 120, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.134 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879ed9',
    500: '#4878c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4878c8;
$custom-light: #879ed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4878c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 53.782,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5774,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4878C8

secondary

#D1BD9A

accent

#A64BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4878C8

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

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