#4E72D4#4E72D4

#4E72D4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.156 H 266.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72D4
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 212)
HSL	hsl(224, 61%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 63%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 46.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 18.04, -54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 57.31, 288.35°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.0098 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.156 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.0388, 18.4059, 64.7186)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72D4 #D4B04E

analogous

#4EB5D4 #4E72D4 #6D4ED4

triadic

#4E72D4 #D44E72 #72D44E

tetradic

#4E72D4 #D44EB5 #D4B04E #4ED46D

square

#4E72D4 #D44EB5 #D4B04E #4ED46D

split-complementary

#4E72D4 #D46D4E #B5D44E

monochromatic

#213C87 #2D52B8 #4E72D4 #7F99E0 #B0C0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#4E72D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#4E72D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72D4

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72D4	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#427DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2A71D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.156 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9ae2',
    500: '#4e72d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72d4;
$custom-light: #8c9ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.881,
    "s": 60.909,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5752,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72D4

secondary

#DACCA4

accent

#B944E4

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72D4

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

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