#4E72C3#4E72C3

#4E72C3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.132 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72C3
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 195)
HSL	hsl(222, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 41.5%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, 12.22, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 47.84, 284.80°)
OKLab	oklab(56.44% -0.0127 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(56.44% 0.132 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.0061, 17.5928, 54.0134)
Luminance	0.1759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72C3 #C39F4E

analogous

#4EADC3 #4E72C3 #644EC3

triadic

#4E72C3 #C34E72 #72C34E

tetradic

#4E72C3 #C34EAD #C39F4E #4EC364

square

#4E72C3 #C34EAD #C39F4E #4EC364

split-complementary

#4E72C3 #C3644E #ADC34E

monochromatic

#263D70 #36569E #4E72C3 #7C96D2 #A9BBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#4E72C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#4E72C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72C3

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72C3	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7AC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E6FC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.132 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899ad5',
    500: '#4e72c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72c3;
$custom-light: #899ad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56443,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72C3

secondary

#CFC09D

accent

#AE4FD9

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0C0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72C3

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

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