#4B72E6#4B72E6

#4B72E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.181 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B72E6
RGB	rgb(75, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 23.81, -62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 67.33, 290.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.59% -0.0102 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(58.59% 0.181 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1969, 19.2414, 77.3390)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B72E6 #E6BF4B

analogous

#4BC0E6 #4B72E6 #714BE6

triadic

#4B72E6 #E64B72 #72E64B

tetradic

#4B72E6 #E64BC0 #E6BF4B #4BE671

square

#4B72E6 #E64BC0 #E6BF4B #4BE671

split-complementary

#4B72E6 #E6714B #C0E64B

monochromatic

#1639A0 #1E4CD6 #4B72E6 #819CED #B6C6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#4B72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#4B72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B72E6

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B72E6	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.181 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9aef',
    500: '#4b72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b72e6;
$custom-light: #8e9aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.903,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58592,
    "c": 0.18112,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B72E6

secondary

#E4D5A8

accent

#C336F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B72E6

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

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