#4A72B2#4A72B2

#4A72B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.110 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72B2
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 178)
HSL	hsl(217, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(217, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 36%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.88, 5.65, -38.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.88, 38.63, 278.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% -0.0202 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.11 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8744, 16.7034, 44.4457)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72B2 #B28A4A

analogous

#4AA6B2 #4A72B2 #564AB2

triadic

#4A72B2 #B24A72 #72B24A

tetradic

#4A72B2 #B24AA6 #B28A4A #4AB256

square

#4A72B2 #B24AA6 #B28A4A #4AB256

split-complementary

#4A72B2 #B2564A #A6B24A

monochromatic

#263B5C #385687 #4A72B2 #7493C5 #9FB5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#4A72B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#4A72B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A72B2

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A72B2	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5777B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A6DB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.110 259.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ac9',
    500: '#4a72b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72b2;
$custom-light: #859ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55229,
    "c": 0.11002,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72B2

secondary

#C4B194

accent

#A257D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72B2

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

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