#4B72E0#4B72E0

#4B72E0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.173 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B72E0
RGB	rgb(75, 114, 224)
HSL	hsl(224, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.58, 21.71, -60.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.58, 64.02, 289.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% -0.0109 -0.1727)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.173 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3688, 18.9101, 72.9777)
Luminance	0.1891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B72E0 #E0B94B

analogous

#4BBCE0 #4B72E0 #6E4BE0

triadic

#4B72E0 #E04B72 #72E04B

tetradic

#4B72E0 #E04BBC #E0B94B #4BE06E

square

#4B72E0 #E04BBC #E0B94B #4BE06E

split-complementary

#4B72E0 #E06E4B #BCE04B

monochromatic

#1A3B97 #234FCB #4B72E0 #7F9BE9 #B3C4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#4B72E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4B72E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B72E0

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B72E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B72E0	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3580E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0272DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b72e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 114, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.173 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9aea',
    500: '#4b72e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b72e0;
$custom-light: #8d9aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b72e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.295,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58175,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B72E0

secondary

#E1D1A6

accent

#BF3AED

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B72E0

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

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