#4A72D8#4A72D8

#4A72D8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.163 H 265.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72D8
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 216)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 47.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 18.75, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 59.62, 288.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% -0.0128 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.163 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2317, 18.4463, 67.3940)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72D8 #D8B04A

analogous

#4AB9D8 #4A72D8 #694AD8

triadic

#4A72D8 #D84A72 #72D84A

tetradic

#4A72D8 #D84AB9 #D8B04A #4AD869

square

#4A72D8 #D84AB9 #D8B04A #4AD869

split-complementary

#4A72D8 #D8694A #B9D84A

monochromatic

#1E3C8A #2952BC #4A72D8 #7C99E3 #AFC0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#4A72D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#4A72D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72D8

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72D8	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F71D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.163 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae5',
    500: '#4a72d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72d8;
$custom-light: #8b9ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.099,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57582,
    "c": 0.16255,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72D8

secondary

#DCCCA2

accent

#B840E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72D8

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

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