#4C72E6#4C72E6

#4C72E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.181 H 267.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C72E6
RGB	rgb(76, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 23.96, -62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 67.31, 290.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0093 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.181 267)
XYZ	xyz(23.2758, 19.2820, 77.3427)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C72E6 #E6C04C

analogous

#4CBFE6 #4C72E6 #734CE6

triadic

#4C72E6 #E64C72 #72E64C

tetradic

#4C72E6 #E64CBF #E6C04C #4CE673

square

#4C72E6 #E64CBF #E6C04C #4CE673

split-complementary

#4C72E6 #E6734C #BFE64C

monochromatic

#1739A1 #1E4CD7 #4C72E6 #829CED #B7C7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#4C72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#4C72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C72E6

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C72E6	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	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: #4c72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.181 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9aef',
    500: '#4c72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c72e6;
$custom-light: #8e9aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.195,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.18082,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.19284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C72E6

secondary

#E5D6A9

accent

#C436F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C72E6

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

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