#4D72AA#4D72AA

#4D72AA is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.098 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D72AA
RGB	rgb(77, 114, 170)
HSL	hsl(216, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.64, 3.65, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.64, 34.13, 276.15°)
OKLab	oklab(54.95% -0.0195 -0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(54.95% 0.098 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3311, 16.5134, 40.3492)
Luminance	0.1651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D72AA #AA854D

analogous

#4DA0AA #4D72AA #564DAA

triadic

#4D72AA #AA4D72 #72AA4D

tetradic

#4D72AA #AA4DA0 #AA854D #4DAA56

square

#4D72AA #AA4DA0 #AA854D #4DAA56

split-complementary

#4D72AA #AA564D #A0AA4D

monochromatic

#273A56 #3A5680 #4D72AA #7492C0 #9EB3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#4D72AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#4D72AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D72AA

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D72AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D72AA	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C76AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#177E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d72aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 114, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.098 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ac3',
    500: '#4d72aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d72aa;
$custom-light: #859ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d72aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.129,
    "s": 37.652,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54951,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D72AA

secondary

#C0AE93

accent

#A05ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D72AA

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

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