#4A72E5#4A72E5

#4A72E5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.180 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72E5
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 229)
HSL	hsl(225, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.86, 23.31, -62.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.86, 66.80, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% -0.0112 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.18 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9793, 19.1454, 76.5979)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72E5 #E5BD4A

analogous

#4AC0E5 #4A72E5 #704AE5

triadic

#4A72E5 #E54A72 #72E54A

tetradic

#4A72E5 #E54AC0 #E5BD4A #4AE570

square

#4A72E5 #E54AC0 #E5BD4A #4AE570

split-complementary

#4A72E5 #E5704A #C0E54A

monochromatic

#173A9E #1E4DD3 #4A72E5 #809CED #B5C5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#4A72E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#4A72E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72E5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72E5	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.180 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9aee',
    500: '#4a72e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72e5;
$custom-light: #8d9aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.516,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58474,
    "c": 0.18008,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72E5

secondary

#E4D4A7

accent

#C136F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72E5

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

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