#4A72AE#4A72AE

#4A72AE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.104 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72AE
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 174)
HSL	hsl(216, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(216, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 34.5%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 4.31, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 36.46, 276.79°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% -0.0212 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.104 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4787, 16.5451, 42.3613)
Luminance	0.1655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72AE #AE864A

analogous

#4AA4AE #4A72AE #544AAE

triadic

#4A72AE #AE4A72 #72AE4A

tetradic

#4A72AE #AE4AA4 #AE864A #4AAE54

square

#4A72AE #AE4AA4 #AE864A #4AAE54

split-complementary

#4A72AE #AE544A #A4AE4A

monochromatic

#253A58 #385683 #4A72AE #7293C3 #9DB4D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4A72AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4A72AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A72AE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A72AE	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5976B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.104 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849ac6',
    500: '#4a72ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72ae;
$custom-light: #849ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55005,
    "c": 0.10448,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72AE

secondary

#C2AF92

accent

#A058D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72AE

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

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