#4D72E2#4D72E2

#4D72E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.175 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D72E2
RGB	rgb(77, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(225, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, 22.72, -60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 65.09, 290.43°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.0089 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.175 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8006, 19.1012, 74.4221)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D72E2 #E2BD4D

analogous

#4DBCE2 #4D72E2 #734DE2

triadic

#4D72E2 #E24D72 #72E24D

tetradic

#4D72E2 #E24DBC #E2BD4D #4DE273

square

#4D72E2 #E24DBC #E2BD4D #4DE273

split-complementary

#4D72E2 #E2734D #BCE24D

monochromatic

#193A9B #224DD0 #4D72E2 #829CEB #B6C5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#4D72E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#4D72E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D72E2

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D72E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D72E2	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3380E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d72e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.175 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9aec',
    500: '#4d72e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d72e2;
$custom-light: #8e9aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d72e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.101,
    "s": 71.981,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58411,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D72E2

secondary

#E2D4A8

accent

#C239EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D72E2

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

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