#4E72C8#4E72C8

#4E72C8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.139 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72C8
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(222, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(222, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 13.92, -48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 50.63, 285.96°)
OKLab	oklab(56.75% -0.0117 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(56.75% 0.139 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5809, 17.8228, 57.0406)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72C8 #C8A44E

analogous

#4EAFC8 #4E72C8 #674EC8

triadic

#4E72C8 #C84E72 #72C84E

tetradic

#4E72C8 #C84EAF #C8A44E #4EC867

square

#4E72C8 #C84EAF #C8A44E #4EC867

split-complementary

#4E72C8 #C8674E #AFC84E

monochromatic

#253D77 #3355A5 #4E72C8 #7D97D7 #ABBCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#4E72C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#4E72C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E72C8

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E72C8	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B7BCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3970C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.139 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9ad9',
    500: '#4e72c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72c8;
$custom-light: #8a9ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.295,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56752,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72C8

secondary

#D3C39F

accent

#B14CDC

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FA

border

#CBCCD3

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72C8

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

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