#4E72C5#4E72C5

#4E72C5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.135 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72C5
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 197)
HSL	hsl(222, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(222, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 42.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 12.90, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 48.96, 285.28°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% -0.0123 -0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.135 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.2338, 17.6839, 55.2122)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72C5 #C5A14E

analogous

#4EAEC5 #4E72C5 #664EC5

triadic

#4E72C5 #C54E72 #72C54E

tetradic

#4E72C5 #C54EAE #C5A14E #4EC566

square

#4E72C5 #C54EAE #C5A14E #4EC566

split-complementary

#4E72C5 #C5664E #AEC54E

monochromatic

#263D73 #3556A1 #4E72C5 #7C97D4 #AABBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#4E72C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#4E72C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72C5

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72C5	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D7BC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C70C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.135 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9ad7',
    500: '#4e72c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72c5;
$custom-light: #8a9ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.849,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56566,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72C5

secondary

#D1C19E

accent

#B04EDA

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0E14

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72C5

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

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