#4A72E1#4A72E1

#4A72E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.175 H 266.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72E1
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 225)
HSL	hsl(224, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 49.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, 21.91, -60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 64.60, 289.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0116 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.175 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4272, 18.9245, 73.6904)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72E1 #E1B94A

analogous

#4ABDE1 #4A72E1 #6D4AE1

triadic

#4A72E1 #E14A72 #72E14A

tetradic

#4A72E1 #E14ABD #E1B94A #4AE16D

square

#4A72E1 #E14ABD #E1B94A #4AE16D

split-complementary

#4A72E1 #E16D4A #BDE14A

monochromatic

#193B97 #224FCC #4A72E1 #7E9BEA #B3C4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4A72E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#4A72E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72E1

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72E1	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3380E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.175 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9aeb',
    500: '#4a72e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72e1;
$custom-light: #8c9aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.106,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58195,
    "c": 0.17472,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72E1

secondary

#E1D1A6

accent

#BE39EE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72E1

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →