#4A72DB#4A72DB

#4A72DB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.167 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72DB
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 219)
HSL	hsl(223, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(223, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 19.80, -57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 61.28, 288.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.0124 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.167 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.6231, 18.6029, 69.4553)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72DB #DBB34A

analogous

#4ABBDB #4A72DB #6A4ADB

triadic

#4A72DB #DB4A72 #72DB4A

tetradic

#4A72DB #DB4ABB #DBB34A #4ADB6A

square

#4A72DB #DB4ABB #DBB34A #4ADB6A

split-complementary

#4A72DB #DB6A4A #BBDB4A

monochromatic

#1C3C8E #2651C1 #4A72DB #7D9AE5 #B0C2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#4A72DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#4A72DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72DB

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72DB	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1771D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.167 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae7',
    500: '#4a72db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72db;
$custom-light: #8b9ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.448,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57784,
    "c": 0.16662,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72DB

secondary

#DECEA3

accent

#BA3EEA

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72DB

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

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