#4B72E5#4B72E5

#4B72E5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.180 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B72E5
RGB	rgb(75, 114, 229)
HSL	hsl(225, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 23.46, -62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 66.78, 290.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% -0.0103 -0.1795)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.18 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0569, 19.1854, 76.6016)
Luminance	0.1919 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B72E5 #E5BE4B

analogous

#4BBFE5 #4B72E5 #714BE5

triadic

#4B72E5 #E54B72 #72E54B

tetradic

#4B72E5 #E54BBF #E5BE4B #4BE571

square

#4B72E5 #E54BBF #E5BE4B #4BE571

split-complementary

#4B72E5 #E5714B #BFE54B

monochromatic

#17399F #1F4DD4 #4B72E5 #809CED #B6C6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#4B72E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#4B72E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B72E5

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B72E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B72E5	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b72e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 114, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.180 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9aee',
    500: '#4b72e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b72e5;
$custom-light: #8e9aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b72e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.805,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58522,
    "c": 0.17978,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B72E5

secondary

#E4D5A8

accent

#C236F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B72E5

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

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