#4D72BA#4D72BA

#4D72BA is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.120 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D72BA
RGB	rgb(77, 114, 186)
HSL	hsl(220, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(220, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 38.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 8.97, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 42.89, 282.08°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0155 -0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.12 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9378, 17.1561, 48.8110)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D72BA #BA954D

analogous

#4DA9BA #4D72BA #5F4DBA

triadic

#4D72BA #BA4D72 #72BA4D

tetradic

#4D72BA #BA4DA9 #BA954D #4DBA5F

square

#4D72BA #BA4DA9 #BA954D #4DBA5F

split-complementary

#4D72BA #BA5F4D #A9BA4D

monochromatic

#273C65 #385791 #4D72BA #7995CB #A5B8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#4D72BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#4D72BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D72BA

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D72BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D72BA	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5479BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#456EB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d72ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 114, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.120 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879acf',
    500: '#4d72ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d72ba;
$custom-light: #879acf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d72ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.633,
    "s": 44.13,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55851,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D72BA

secondary

#C9B999

accent

#A854D4

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D72BA

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

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