#4B72E2#4B72E2

#4B72E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.176 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B72E2
RGB	rgb(75, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(225, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, 22.41, -61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 65.13, 290.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% -0.0107 -0.1754)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.176 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6417, 19.0193, 74.4146)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B72E2 #E2BB4B

analogous

#4BBEE2 #4B72E2 #704BE2

triadic

#4B72E2 #E24B72 #72E24B

tetradic

#4B72E2 #E24BBE #E2BB4B #4BE270

square

#4B72E2 #E24BBE #E2BB4B #4BE270

split-complementary

#4B72E2 #E2704B #BEE24B

monochromatic

#193A9A #214ECF #4B72E2 #809BEA #B4C5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#4B72E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#4B72E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B72E2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B72E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B72E2	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3280E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b72e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.176 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9aec',
    500: '#4b72e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b72e2;
$custom-light: #8d9aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b72e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.503,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58313,
    "c": 0.17576,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B72E2

secondary

#E2D3A7

accent

#C039EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B72E2

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

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