#4E72A7#4E72A7

#4E72A7 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.093 H 257.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72A7
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 167)
HSL	hsl(216, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(216, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 31.7%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 2.91, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 32.45, 275.14°)
OKLab	oklab(54.85% -0.0195 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(54.85% 0.093 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1319, 16.4431, 38.8755)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72A7 #A7834E

analogous

#4E9FA7 #4E72A7 #564EA7

triadic

#4E72A7 #A74E72 #72A74E

tetradic

#4E72A7 #A74E9F #A7834E #4EA756

square

#4E72A7 #A74E9F #A7834E #4EA756

split-complementary

#4E72A7 #A7564E #9FA74E

monochromatic

#273954 #3B567D #4E72A7 #7492BE #9EB3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#4E72A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#4E72A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72A7

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72A7	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D75A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F7E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.093 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859ac1',
    500: '#4e72a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72a7;
$custom-light: #859ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.73,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54847,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72A7

secondary

#BEAD92

accent

#9F5BCC

background

#F8F9FB

surface

#F0F2F7

border

#CBCCD0

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72A7

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

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