#4E72C2#4E72C2

#4E72C2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.131 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72C2
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 194)
HSL	hsl(221, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(221, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 41.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.94, 11.88, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.94, 47.29, 284.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.38% -0.0129 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(56.38% 0.131 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.8935, 17.5478, 53.4199)
Luminance	0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72C2 #C29E4E

analogous

#4EACC2 #4E72C2 #644EC2

triadic

#4E72C2 #C24E72 #72C24E

tetradic

#4E72C2 #C24EAC #C29E4E #4EC264

square

#4E72C2 #C24EAC #C29E4E #4EC264

split-complementary

#4E72C2 #C2644E #ACC24E

monochromatic

#263D6F #36569D #4E72C2 #7C96D2 #A9BBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66

#4E72C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51

#4E72C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72C2

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72C2	1.00	4.66	4.51	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7AC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F6FC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.131 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899ad5',
    500: '#4e72c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72c2;
$custom-light: #899ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.379,
    "s": 48.739,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56383,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72C2

secondary

#CFBF9D

accent

#AE50D8

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72C2

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

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