#4E72D9#4E72D9

#4E72D9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.163 H 266.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72D9
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 217)
HSL	hsl(224, 65%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(224, 64%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 47.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 19.77, -56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 60.08, 289.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0091 -0.1624)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.163 266.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.6793, 18.6621, 68.0919)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72D9 #D9B54E

analogous

#4EB8D9 #4E72D9 #6F4ED9

triadic

#4E72D9 #D94E72 #72D94E

tetradic

#4E72D9 #D94EB8 #D9B54E #4ED96F

square

#4E72D9 #D94EB8 #D9B54E #4ED96F

split-complementary

#4E72D9 #D96F4E #B8D94E

monochromatic

#1F3B8E #2950C0 #4E72D9 #809AE4 #B3C2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#4E72D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#4E72D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72D9

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72D9	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D7EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2072D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.163 266.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9ae5',
    500: '#4e72d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72d9;
$custom-light: #8d9ae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.46,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57851,
    "c": 0.16264,
    "h": 266.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72D9

secondary

#DDCFA6

accent

#BC40E8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72D9

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

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