#4A72E8#4A72E8

#4A72E8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.184 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72E8
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 232)
HSL	hsl(225, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 50.9%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 24.36, -63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 68.45, 290.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0109 -0.1838)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.184 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4018, 19.3143, 78.8230)
Luminance	0.1932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72E8 #E8C04A

analogous

#4AC1E8 #4A72E8 #714AE8

triadic

#4A72E8 #E84A72 #72E84A

tetradic

#4A72E8 #E84AC1 #E8C04A #4AE871

square

#4A72E8 #E84AC1 #E8C04A #4AE871

split-complementary

#4A72E8 #E8714A #C1E84A

monochromatic

#1539A3 #1C4CD9 #4A72E8 #809CEF #B7C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#4A72E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#4A72E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72E8

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72E8	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2981EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.184 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9af0',
    500: '#4a72e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72e8;
$custom-light: #8e9af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.81,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58685,
    "c": 0.18408,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72E8

secondary

#E5D6A8

accent

#C334F4

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72E8

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

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