#4E72D8#4E72D8

#4E72D8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.161 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72D8
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 216)
HSL	hsl(224, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 47.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.23, 19.42, -56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.23, 59.53, 289.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.0092 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.161 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.5496, 18.6102, 67.4089)
Luminance	0.1861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72D8 #D8B44E

analogous

#4EB7D8 #4E72D8 #6F4ED8

triadic

#4E72D8 #D84E72 #72D84E

tetradic

#4E72D8 #D84EB7 #D8B44E #4ED86F

square

#4E72D8 #D84EB7 #D8B44E #4ED86F

split-complementary

#4E72D8 #D86F4E #B7D84E

monochromatic

#1F3C8D #2A51BF #4E72D8 #809AE3 #B2C2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#4E72D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#4E72D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72D8

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72D8	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E7EDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2272D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00899A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.161 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9ae5',
    500: '#4e72d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72d8;
$custom-light: #8d9ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.348,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57784,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72D8

secondary

#DDCEA5

accent

#BC41E7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F1F2FC

border

#CBCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72D8

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

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