#4B72DE#4B72DE

#4B72DE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.170 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B72DE
RGB	rgb(75, 114, 222)
HSL	hsl(224, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 48.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 21.01, -59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 62.92, 289.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.0111 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.17 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0992, 18.8023, 71.5577)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B72DE #DEB74B

analogous

#4BBBDE #4B72DE #6D4BDE

triadic

#4B72DE #DE4B72 #72DE4B

tetradic

#4B72DE #DE4BBB #DEB74B #4BDE6D

square

#4B72DE #DE4BBB #DEB74B #4BDE6D

split-complementary

#4B72DE #DE6D4B #BBDE4B

monochromatic

#1B3B94 #2550C7 #4B72DE #7F9BE7 #B2C3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#4B72DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#4B72DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B72DE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B72DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B72DE	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#377FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D72DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b72de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 114, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.170 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9ae9',
    500: '#4b72de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b72de;
$custom-light: #8c9ae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b72de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.082,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58037,
    "c": 0.17037,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B72DE

secondary

#E0D0A5

accent

#BD3CEC

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B72DE

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

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