#4E72D3#4E72D3

#4E72D3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.154 H 266.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72D3
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 211)
HSL	hsl(224, 60%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 46%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 17.70, -53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 56.75, 288.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.45% -0.0099 -0.1541)
OKLCH	oklch(57.45% 0.154 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9130, 18.3556, 64.0563)
Luminance	0.1836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72D3 #D3AF4E

analogous

#4EB5D3 #4E72D3 #6D4ED3

triadic

#4E72D3 #D34E72 #72D34E

tetradic

#4E72D3 #D34EB5 #D3AF4E #4ED36D

square

#4E72D3 #D34EB5 #D3AF4E #4ED36D

split-complementary

#4E72D3 #D36D4E #B5D34E

monochromatic

#213C85 #2D52B6 #4E72D3 #7F99DF #B0C0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#4E72D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#4E72D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72D3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72D3	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427DD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B71D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.154 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9ae1',
    500: '#4e72d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72d3;
$custom-light: #8c9ae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.759,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57454,
    "c": 0.15443,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72D3

secondary

#DACBA3

accent

#B844E3

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72D3

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

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