#4D72E6#4D72E6

#4D72E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.181 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D72E6
RGB	rgb(77, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 24.11, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 67.29, 291.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0085 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.181 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3559, 19.3233, 77.3465)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D72E6 #E6C14D

analogous

#4DBFE6 #4D72E6 #744DE6

triadic

#4D72E6 #E64D72 #72E64D

tetradic

#4D72E6 #E64DBF #E6C14D #4DE674

square

#4D72E6 #E64DBF #E6C14D #4DE674

split-complementary

#4D72E6 #E6744D #BFE64D

monochromatic

#1738A2 #1E4BD8 #4D72E6 #839DEE #B8C7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#4D72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#4D72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D72E6

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D72E6	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.181 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9aef',
    500: '#4d72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d72e6;
$custom-light: #8f9aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.49,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5869,
    "c": 0.18052,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D72E6

secondary

#E5D7AA

accent

#A70ED8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D72E6

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

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