#4E72B9#4E72B9

#4E72B9 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.118 H 262.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72B9
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 185)
HSL	hsl(220, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(220, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 38.4%, 0%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 8.84, -41.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 42.29, 282.07°)
OKLab	oklab(55.85% -0.0148 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(55.85% 0.118 262.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9132, 17.1556, 48.2569)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72B9 #B9954E

analogous

#4EA8B9 #4E72B9 #604EB9

triadic

#4E72B9 #B94E72 #72B94E

tetradic

#4E72B9 #B94EA8 #B9954E #4EB960

square

#4E72B9 #B94EA8 #B9954E #4EB960

split-complementary

#4E72B9 #B9604E #A8B94E

monochromatic

#283C65 #395791 #4E72B9 #7A95CA #A6B8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#4E72B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#4E72B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72B9

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72B9	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5478BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#476FB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.118 262.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889ace',
    500: '#4e72b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72b9;
$custom-light: #889ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.813,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55847,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 262.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72B9

secondary

#C9B99A

accent

#A955D3

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72B9

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

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