#4E72B2#4E72B2

#4E72B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.108 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72B2
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 178)
HSL	hsl(218, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(218, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 36%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 6.51, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 38.43, 279.75°)
OKLab	oklab(55.45% -0.0165 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(55.45% 0.108 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1923, 16.8673, 44.4606)
Luminance	0.1687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72B2 #B28E4E

analogous

#4EA4B2 #4E72B2 #5C4EB2

triadic

#4E72B2 #B24E72 #72B24E

tetradic

#4E72B2 #B24EA4 #B28E4E #4EB25C

square

#4E72B2 #B24EA4 #B28E4E #4EB25C

split-complementary

#4E72B2 #B25C4E #A4B24E

monochromatic

#293B5D #3B5788 #4E72B2 #7994C5 #A3B6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#4E72B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#4E72B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72B2

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72B2	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5877B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C6EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A8089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.108 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#879ac9',
    500: '#4e72b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72b2;
$custom-light: #879ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.4,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55447,
    "c": 0.10834,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72B2

secondary

#C4B498

accent

#A559CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72B2

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

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