#4E72B0#4E72B0

#4E72B0 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.106 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72B0
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 176)
HSL	hsl(218, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(218, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.99, 5.85, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.99, 37.33, 279.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.34% -0.017 -0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(55.34% 0.106 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9930, 16.7876, 43.4107)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72B0 #B08C4E

analogous

#4EA3B0 #4E72B0 #5B4EB0

triadic

#4E72B0 #B04E72 #72B04E

tetradic

#4E72B0 #B04EA3 #B08C4E #4EB05B

square

#4E72B0 #B04EA3 #B08C4E #4EB05B

split-complementary

#4E72B0 #B05B4E #A3B04E

monochromatic

#283B5B #3B5786 #4E72B0 #7894C3 #A2B5D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#4E72B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#4E72B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72B0

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72B0	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5977B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6EAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#108089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.106 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879ac8',
    500: '#4e72b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72b0;
$custom-light: #879ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.959,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55335,
    "c": 0.10554,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72B0

secondary

#C3B397

accent

#A359CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72B0

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

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