#4E72D1#4E72D1

#4E72D1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.152 H 266.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72D1
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 209)
HSL	hsl(224, 59%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(224, 63%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 45.5%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 17.01, -52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 55.64, 287.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% -0.0102 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.152 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6639, 18.2559, 62.7440)
Luminance	0.1826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72D1 #D1AD4E

analogous

#4EB4D1 #4E72D1 #6C4ED1

triadic

#4E72D1 #D14E72 #72D14E

tetradic

#4E72D1 #D14EB4 #D1AD4E #4ED16C

square

#4E72D1 #D14EB4 #D1AD4E #4ED16C

split-complementary

#4E72D1 #D16C4E #B4D14E

monochromatic

#223D83 #2F53B3 #4E72D1 #7F99DE #AFBFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#4E72D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#4E72D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72D1

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72D1	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#447DD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E71CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008897

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.152 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b9ae0',
    500: '#4e72d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72d1;
$custom-light: #8b9ae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.511,
    "s": 58.744,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57324,
    "c": 0.15166,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72D1

secondary

#D8CAA2

accent

#B746E2

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72D1

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

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