#4E72BE#4E72BE

#4E72BE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.125 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72BE
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 190)
HSL	hsl(221, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 40%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 10.53, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 45.06, 283.51°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% -0.0137 -0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.125 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4503, 17.3705, 51.0858)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72BE #BE9A4E

analogous

#4EAABE #4E72BE #624EBE

triadic

#4E72BE #BE4E72 #72BE4E

tetradic

#4E72BE #BE4EAA #BE9A4E #4EBE62

square

#4E72BE #BE4EAA #BE9A4E #4EBE62

split-complementary

#4E72BE #BE624E #AABE4E

monochromatic

#273D6A #385697 #4E72BE #7B96CE #A8B9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#4E72BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#4E72BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72BE

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72BE	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5179C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#436FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00838F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.125 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#889ad2',
    500: '#4e72be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72be;
$custom-light: #889ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.714,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56142,
    "c": 0.1252,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72BE

secondary

#CCBD9C

accent

#AB52D6

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F9

border

#CBCCD2

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72BE

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

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