#4A72BE#4A72BE

#4A72BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.127 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72BE
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 190)
HSL	hsl(219, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(219, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 40%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.52, 9.73, -44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.52, 45.21, 282.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.93% -0.0174 -0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(55.93% 0.127 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1324, 17.2066, 51.0709)
Luminance	0.1721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72BE #BE964A

analogous

#4AACBE #4A72BE #5C4ABE

triadic

#4A72BE #BE4A72 #72BE4A

tetradic

#4A72BE #BE4AAC #BE964A #4ABE5C

square

#4A72BE #BE4AAC #BE964A #4ABE5C

split-complementary

#4A72BE #BE5C4A #ACBE4A

monochromatic

#253C68 #365795 #4A72BE #7795CE #A4B8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#4A72BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#4A72BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A72BE

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A72BE	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.127 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ad2',
    500: '#4a72be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72be;
$custom-light: #869ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.31,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55929,
    "c": 0.12671,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72BE

secondary

#CBBA98

accent

#A951D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72BE

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

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