#4E72CA#4E72CA

#4E72CA is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.142 H 265.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72CA
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 202)
HSL	hsl(223, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(223, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 43.6%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.40, 14.61, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.40, 51.74, 286.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.88% -0.0114 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(56.88% 0.142 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8162, 17.9169, 58.2797)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72CA #CAA64E

analogous

#4EB0CA #4E72CA #684ECA

triadic

#4E72CA #CA4E72 #72CA4E

tetradic

#4E72CA #CA4EB0 #CAA64E #4ECA68

square

#4E72CA #CA4EB0 #CAA64E #4ECA68

split-complementary

#4E72CA #CA684E #B0CA4E

monochromatic

#243D79 #3255A8 #4E72CA #7D98D8 #ACBDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#4E72CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#4E72CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72CA

4.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72CA	1.00	4.58	4.58	4.58
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7BCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3770C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.142 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a9ada',
    500: '#4e72ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72ca;
$custom-light: #8a9ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.581,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56877,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72CA

secondary

#D4C5A0

accent

#B34BDD

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72CA

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

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