#4D72AC#4D72AC

#4D72AC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.100 H 259.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D72AC
RGB	rgb(77, 114, 172)
HSL	hsl(217, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(217, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 33.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.74, 4.31, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.74, 35.21, 277.03°)
OKLab	oklab(55.06% -0.019 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(55.06% 0.1 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.5217, 16.5897, 41.3532)
Luminance	0.1659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D72AC #AC874D

analogous

#4DA2AC #4D72AC #584DAC

triadic

#4D72AC #AC4D72 #72AC4D

tetradic

#4D72AC #AC4DA2 #AC874D #4DAC58

square

#4D72AC #AC4DA2 #AC874D #4DAC58

split-complementary

#4D72AC #AC584D #A2AC4D

monochromatic

#273A57 #3A5682 #4D72AC #7593C1 #9FB4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#4D72AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#4D72AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D72AC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D72AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D72AC	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B76AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#137F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d72ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 114, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.100 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ac5',
    500: '#4d72ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d72ac;
$custom-light: #859ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d72ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.632,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55059,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D72AC

secondary

#C1AF94

accent

#A15ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D72AC

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

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