#4A72DD#4A72DD

#4A72DD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.169 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72DD
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(224, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.34, 20.50, -58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.34, 62.39, 289.19°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0121 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.169 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.8880, 18.7088, 70.8503)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72DD #DDB54A

analogous

#4ABCDD #4A72DD #6B4ADD

triadic

#4A72DD #DD4A72 #72DD4A

tetradic

#4A72DD #DD4ABC #DDB54A #4ADD6B

square

#4A72DD #DD4ABC #DDB54A #4ADD6B

split-complementary

#4A72DD #DD6B4A #BCDD4A

monochromatic

#1B3B91 #2550C5 #4A72DD #7E9AE7 #B1C2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#4A72DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#4A72DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72DD

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72DD	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#387FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1071DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.169 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9ae8',
    500: '#4a72dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72dd;
$custom-light: #8c9ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.673,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5792,
    "c": 0.16934,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72DD

secondary

#DFCFA4

accent

#BC3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FD

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72DD

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

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