#4A72D9#4A72D9

#4A72D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.164 H 265.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72D9
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 217)
HSL	hsl(223, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 47.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.09, 19.10, -57.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.09, 60.17, 288.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0126 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.164 265.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.3614, 18.4982, 68.0769)
Luminance	0.1850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72D9 #D9B14A

analogous

#4AB9D9 #4A72D9 #6A4AD9

triadic

#4A72D9 #D94A72 #72D94A

tetradic

#4A72D9 #D94AB9 #D9B14A #4AD96A

square

#4A72D9 #D94AB9 #D9B14A #4AD96A

split-complementary

#4A72D9 #D96A4A #B9D94A

monochromatic

#1D3C8B #2852BE #4A72D9 #7D99E4 #AFC1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#4A72D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#4A72D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72D9

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72D9	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C7EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C71D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.164 265.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae5',
    500: '#4a72d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72d9;
$custom-light: #8b9ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.217,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57649,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 265.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72D9

secondary

#DCCCA2

accent

#B940E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72D9

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

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