#4A72C8#4A72C8

#4A72C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.141 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72C8
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(221, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(221, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 13.18, -49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 50.75, 285.05°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% -0.0154 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.141 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2631, 17.6589, 57.0257)
Luminance	0.1766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72C8 #C8A04A

analogous

#4AB1C8 #4A72C8 #614AC8

triadic

#4A72C8 #C84A72 #72C84A

tetradic

#4A72C8 #C84AB1 #C8A04A #4AC861

square

#4A72C8 #C84AB1 #C8A04A #4AC861

split-complementary

#4A72C8 #C8614A #B1C84A

monochromatic

#233D74 #3256A3 #4A72C8 #7997D6 #A8BBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#4A72C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#4A72C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A72C8

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A72C8	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#376FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.141 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889ad9',
    500: '#4a72c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72c8;
$custom-light: #889ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.952,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56543,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72C8

secondary

#D2C19C

accent

#AF4BDD

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72C8

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

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