#4E72C1#4E72C1

#4E72C1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.129 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72C1
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 193)
HSL	hsl(221, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 40.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 11.54, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 46.73, 284.30°)
OKLab	oklab(56.32% -0.0131 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(56.32% 0.129 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.7815, 17.5030, 52.8304)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72C1 #C19D4E

analogous

#4EACC1 #4E72C1 #634EC1

triadic

#4E72C1 #C14E72 #72C14E

tetradic

#4E72C1 #C14EAC #C19D4E #4EC163

square

#4E72C1 #C14EAC #C19D4E #4EC163

split-complementary

#4E72C1 #C1634E #ACC14E

monochromatic

#273D6E #36569B #4E72C1 #7B96D1 #A9BAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#4E72C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#4E72C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72C1

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72C1	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#507AC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#406FBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.129 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899ad4',
    500: '#4e72c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72c1;
$custom-light: #899ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.217,
    "s": 48.117,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56322,
    "c": 0.12941,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72C1

secondary

#CEBF9D

accent

#AD50D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72C1

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

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