#4D72B2#4D72B2

#4D72B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.109 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D72B2
RGB	rgb(77, 114, 178)
HSL	hsl(218, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(218, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 36%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 6.29, -37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 38.48, 279.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.39% -0.0174 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(55.39% 0.109 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1110, 16.8254, 44.4568)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D72B2 #B28D4D

analogous

#4DA4B2 #4D72B2 #5B4DB2

triadic

#4D72B2 #B24D72 #72B24D

tetradic

#4D72B2 #B24DA4 #B28D4D #4DB25B

square

#4D72B2 #B24DA4 #B28D4D #4DB25B

split-complementary

#4D72B2 #B25B4D #A4B24D

monochromatic

#283B5D #3B5787 #4D72B2 #7894C4 #A2B6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#4D72B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#4D72B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D72B2

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D72B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D72B2	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5877B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#028089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d72b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 114, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.109 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ac9',
    500: '#4d72b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d72b2;
$custom-light: #869ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d72b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.02,
    "s": 39.608,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55391,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D72B2

secondary

#C4B397

accent

#A458CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D72B2

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

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