#4E72AC#4E72AC

#4E72AC is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.100 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72AC
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 172)
HSL	hsl(217, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(217, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 33.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 4.54, -34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 35.15, 277.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.12% -0.0181 -0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(55.12% 0.1 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6030, 16.6316, 41.3570)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72AC #AC884E

analogous

#4EA1AC #4E72AC #594EAC

triadic

#4E72AC #AC4E72 #72AC4E

tetradic

#4E72AC #AC4EA1 #AC884E #4EAC59

square

#4E72AC #AC4EA1 #AC884E #4EAC59

split-complementary

#4E72AC #AC594E #A1AC4E

monochromatic

#283A58 #3B5682 #4E72AC #7693C1 #A0B4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#4E72AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#4E72AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72AC

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72AC	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B76AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6DAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#187F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.100 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#869ac5',
    500: '#4e72ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72ac;
$custom-light: #869ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.021,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55115,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72AC

secondary

#C1B095

accent

#A15ACE

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72AC

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

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