#4E72A5#4E72A5

#4E72A5 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.090 H 257.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72A5
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 165)
HSL	hsl(215, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 30.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 2.26, -31.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 31.37, 274.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.74% -0.02 -0.0879)
OKLCH	oklch(54.74% 0.09 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9484, 16.3698, 37.9093)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72A5 #A5814E

analogous

#4E9DA5 #4E72A5 #554EA5

triadic

#4E72A5 #A54E72 #72A54E

tetradic

#4E72A5 #A54E9D #A5814E #4EA555

square

#4E72A5 #A54E9D #A5814E #4EA555

split-complementary

#4E72A5 #A5554E #9DA54E

monochromatic

#273952 #3A557B #4E72A5 #7392BD #9DB2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#4E72A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#4E72A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72A5

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72A5	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E75A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536DA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#217D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.090 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ac0',
    500: '#4e72a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72a5;
$custom-light: #859ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.172,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54742,
    "c": 0.0902,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72A5

secondary

#BDAB91

accent

#9E5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72A5

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

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