#4A72E9#4A72E9

#4A72E9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.185 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A72E9
RGB	rgb(74, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(225, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 24.71, -64.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 69.00, 290.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% -0.0108 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.185 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5442, 19.3713, 79.5732)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A72E9 #E9C14A

analogous

#4AC1E9 #4A72E9 #724AE9

triadic

#4A72E9 #E94A72 #72E94A

tetradic

#4A72E9 #E94AC1 #E9C14A #4AE972

square

#4A72E9 #E94AC1 #E9C14A #4AE972

split-complementary

#4A72E9 #E9724A #C1E94A

monochromatic

#1438A5 #1B4BDB #4A72E9 #819DF0 #B7C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#4A72E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#4A72E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A72E9

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A72E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A72E9	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2781ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a72e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.185 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9af1',
    500: '#4a72e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a72e9;
$custom-light: #8e9af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a72e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.906,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58756,
    "c": 0.18541,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A72E9

secondary

#E6D7A9

accent

#A60BDB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A72E9

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

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