#4E72BD#4E72BD

#4E72BD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.124 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72BD
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 189)
HSL	hsl(221, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(221, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 39.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 10.19, -43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 44.51, 283.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.08% -0.0139 -0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(56.08% 0.124 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3414, 17.3269, 50.5121)
Luminance	0.1733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72BD #BD994E

analogous

#4EA9BD #4E72BD #624EBD

triadic

#4E72BD #BD4E72 #72BD4E

tetradic

#4E72BD #BD4EA9 #BD994E #4EBD62

square

#4E72BD #BD4EA9 #BD994E #4EBD62

split-complementary

#4E72BD #BD624E #A9BD4E

monochromatic

#273D69 #385696 #4E72BD #7B96CE #A7B9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#4E72BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#4E72BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72BD

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72BD	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5279C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.124 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889ad1',
    500: '#4e72bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72bd;
$custom-light: #889ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.541,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56082,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72BD

secondary

#CCBC9B

accent

#AB52D5

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72BD

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

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