#4B72BE#4B72BE

#4B72BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.126 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B72BE
RGB	rgb(75, 114, 190)
HSL	hsl(220, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(220, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 40%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.57, 9.93, -44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.57, 45.18, 282.70°)
OKLab	oklab(55.98% -0.0165 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(55.98% 0.126 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2100, 17.2466, 51.0745)
Luminance	0.1725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B72BE #BE974B

analogous

#4BACBE #4B72BE #5E4BBE

triadic

#4B72BE #BE4B72 #72BE4B

tetradic

#4B72BE #BE4BAC #BE974B #4BBE5E

square

#4B72BE #BE4BAC #BE974B #4BBE5E

split-complementary

#4B72BE #BE5E4B #ACBE4B

monochromatic

#263D69 #365796 #4B72BE #7895CE #A5B8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#4B72BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#4B72BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B72BE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B72BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B72BE	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#416EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b72be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 114, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.126 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879ad2',
    500: '#4b72be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b72be;
$custom-light: #879ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b72be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.652,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55981,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B72BE

secondary

#CCBA99

accent

#A951D7

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B72BE

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

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