#4B72CD#4B72CD

#4B72CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.147 H 264.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B72CD
RGB	rgb(75, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(222, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(222, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 15.09, -51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 53.49, 286.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.0136 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.147 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9346, 17.9364, 60.1573)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B72CD #CDA64B

analogous

#4BB3CD #4B72CD #654BCD

triadic

#4B72CD #CD4B72 #72CD4B

tetradic

#4B72CD #CD4BB3 #CDA64B #4BCD65

square

#4B72CD #CD4BB3 #CDA64B #4BCD65

split-complementary

#4B72CD #CD654B #B3CD4B

monochromatic

#223D7B #3055AB #4B72CD #7B98DA #ABBDE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#4B72CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#4B72CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B72CD

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B72CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B72CD	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3270CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b72cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.147 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899add',
    500: '#4b72cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b72cd;
$custom-light: #899add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b72cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56911,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B72CD

secondary

#D5C59F

accent

#B248E0

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B72CD

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

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