#4E72CD#4E72CD

#4E72CD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.146 H 265.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72CD
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(223, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(223, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.57, 15.63, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.57, 53.41, 287.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.07% -0.0109 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(57.07% 0.146 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1749, 18.0603, 60.1686)
Luminance	0.1806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72CD #CDA94E

analogous

#4EB1CD #4E72CD #694ECD

triadic

#4E72CD #CD4E72 #72CD4E

tetradic

#4E72CD #CD4EB1 #CDA94E #4ECD69

square

#4E72CD #CD4EB1 #CDA94E #4ECD69

split-complementary

#4E72CD #CD694E #B1CD4E

monochromatic

#233D7D #3154AD #4E72CD #7E98DA #ADBEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#4E72CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.61

#4E72CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72CD

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72CD	1.00	4.55	4.61	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#477CD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3370CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008795

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.146 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9add',
    500: '#4e72cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72cd;
$custom-light: #8b9add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.992,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57067,
    "c": 0.14613,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72CD

secondary

#D6C7A1

accent

#B549DF

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72CD

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

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