#4E72D5#4E72D5

#4E72D5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.157 H 266.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72D5
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 213)
HSL	hsl(224, 62%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(224, 63%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 46.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.05, 18.38, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.05, 57.86, 288.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% -0.0096 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.157 266.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.1653, 18.4565, 65.3850)
Luminance	0.1846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72D5 #D5B14E

analogous

#4EB6D5 #4E72D5 #6E4ED5

triadic

#4E72D5 #D54E72 #72D54E

tetradic

#4E72D5 #D54EB6 #D5B14E #4ED56E

square

#4E72D5 #D54EB6 #D5B14E #4ED56E

split-complementary

#4E72D5 #D56E4E #B6D54E

monochromatic

#203C88 #2C52BA #4E72D5 #7F99E1 #B1C1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#4E72D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#4E72D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72D5

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72D5	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#417ED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2871D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.157 266.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c9ae2',
    500: '#4e72d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72d5;
$custom-light: #8c9ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57585,
    "c": 0.15717,
    "h": 266.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72D5

secondary

#DBCCA4

accent

#BA43E5

background

#F9F9FD

surface

#F1F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7E7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72D5

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

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