#4B72E4#4B72E4

#4B72E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.178 H 266.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B72E4
RGB	rgb(75, 114, 228)
HSL	hsl(225, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 50%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.84, 23.11, -62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.84, 66.23, 290.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0104 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.178 266.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9177, 19.1297, 75.8684)
Luminance	0.1913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B72E4 #E4BD4B

analogous

#4BBFE4 #4B72E4 #714BE4

triadic

#4B72E4 #E44B72 #72E44B

tetradic

#4B72E4 #E44BBF #E4BD4B #4BE471

square

#4B72E4 #E44BBF #E4BD4B #4BE471

split-complementary

#4B72E4 #E4714B #BFE44B

monochromatic

#183A9D #204DD2 #4B72E4 #809CEC #B5C5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#4B72E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#4B72E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B72E4

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B72E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B72E4	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F80E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0072E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b72e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 114, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.178 266.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9aed',
    500: '#4b72e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b72e4;
$custom-light: #8d9aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b72e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.706,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58452,
    "c": 0.17845,
    "h": 266.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B72E4

secondary

#E3D4A8

accent

#C137F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B72E4

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

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