#4A72DC#4A72DC

#4A72DC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.168 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72DC
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 220)
HSL	hsl(224, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 48.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 20.15, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 61.84, 289.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0123 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.168 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.7551, 18.6557, 70.1507)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72DC #DCB44A

analogous

#4ABBDC #4A72DC #6B4ADC

triadic

#4A72DC #DC4A72 #72DC4A

tetradic

#4A72DC #DC4ABB #DCB44A #4ADC6B

square

#4A72DC #DC4ABB #DCB44A #4ADC6B

split-complementary

#4A72DC #DC6B4A #BBDC4A

monochromatic

#1C3C90 #2651C3 #4A72DC #7D9AE6 #B1C2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4A72DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4A72DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72DC

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72DC	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1471DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.168 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9ae7',
    500: '#4a72dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72dc;
$custom-light: #8c9ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.562,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57852,
    "c": 0.16798,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72DC

secondary

#DECEA4

accent

#BB3DEA

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72DC

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

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