#4E72A6#4E72A6

#4E72A6 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.092 H 257.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72A6
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 166)
HSL	hsl(215, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 31.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 2.59, -31.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 31.91, 274.65°)
OKLab	oklab(54.79% -0.0197 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(54.79% 0.092 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.0398, 16.4063, 38.3905)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72A6 #A6824E

analogous

#4E9EA6 #4E72A6 #564EA6

triadic

#4E72A6 #A64E72 #72A64E

tetradic

#4E72A6 #A64E9E #A6824E #4EA656

square

#4E72A6 #A64E9E #A6824E #4EA656

split-complementary

#4E72A6 #A6564E #9EA64E

monochromatic

#273953 #3A557C #4E72A6 #7492BE #9DB2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#4E72A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#4E72A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72A6

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72A6	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D75A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536DA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#207E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.092 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ac0',
    500: '#4e72a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72a6;
$custom-light: #859ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.455,
    "s": 36.066,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54794,
    "c": 0.09158,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72A6

secondary

#BEAC92

accent

#9E5CCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72A6

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

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