#4A72E4#4A72E4

#4A72E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.179 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72E4
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 228)
HSL	hsl(224, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 50%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 22.96, -62.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 66.25, 290.27°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% -0.0113 -0.1784)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.179 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8401, 19.0897, 75.8647)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72E4 #E4BC4A

analogous

#4ABFE4 #4A72E4 #6F4AE4

triadic

#4A72E4 #E44A72 #72E44A

tetradic

#4A72E4 #E44ABF #E4BC4A #4AE46F

square

#4A72E4 #E44ABF #E4BC4A #4AE46F

split-complementary

#4A72E4 #E46F4A #BFE44A

monochromatic

#173A9C #1F4ED2 #4A72E4 #7F9BEC #B5C5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#4A72E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#4A72E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72E4

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72E4	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.179 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9aed',
    500: '#4a72e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72e4;
$custom-light: #8d9aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.416,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58404,
    "c": 0.17874,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72E4

secondary

#E3D3A7

accent

#C037F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72E4

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

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