#4A72BA#4A72BA

#4A72BA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.121 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72BA
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 186)
HSL	hsl(219, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(219, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 38.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 8.37, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 43.01, 281.22°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% -0.0182 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.121 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7012, 17.0341, 48.7999)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72BA #BA924A

analogous

#4AAABA #4A72BA #5A4ABA

triadic

#4A72BA #BA4A72 #72BA4A

tetradic

#4A72BA #BA4AAA #BA924A #4ABA5A

square

#4A72BA #BA4AAA #BA924A #4ABA5A

split-complementary

#4A72BA #BA5A4A #AABA4A

monochromatic

#263C64 #375790 #4A72BA #7695CB #A3B7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#4A72BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#4A72BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A72BA

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A72BA	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5378BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#446EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.121 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869acf',
    500: '#4a72ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72ba;
$custom-light: #869acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.571,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55691,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72BA

secondary

#C9B797

accent

#A653D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72BA

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

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