#4E72AA#4E72AA

#4E72AA is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.097 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72AA
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 170)
HSL	hsl(217, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(217, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 32.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.69, 3.88, -33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.69, 34.06, 276.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.01% -0.0186 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(55.01% 0.097 259)
XYZ	xyz(16.4124, 16.5554, 40.3530)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72AA #AA864E

analogous

#4EA0AA #4E72AA #584EAA

triadic

#4E72AA #AA4E72 #72AA4E

tetradic

#4E72AA #AA4EA0 #AA864E #4EAA58

square

#4E72AA #AA4EA0 #AA864E #4EAA58

split-complementary

#4E72AA #AA584E #A0AA4E

monochromatic

#283A56 #3B5680 #4E72AA #7593C0 #9FB4D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4E72AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#4E72AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72AA

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72AA	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C76AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506DA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B7E86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.097 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ac3',
    500: '#4e72aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72aa;
$custom-light: #869ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55007,
    "c": 0.09714,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.16557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72AA

secondary

#C0AF94

accent

#A05BCD

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E12

muted

#7D7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72AA

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

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