#4E72DB#4E72DB

#4E72DB is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.165 H 266.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72DB
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 219)
HSL	hsl(225, 66%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(225, 64%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 47.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 20.46, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 61.19, 289.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% -0.0088 -0.1651)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.165 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9410, 18.7668, 69.4702)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72DB #DBB74E

analogous

#4EB8DB #4E72DB #704EDB

triadic

#4E72DB #DB4E72 #72DB4E

tetradic

#4E72DB #DB4EB8 #DBB74E #4EDB70

square

#4E72DB #DB4EB8 #DBB74E #4EDB70

split-complementary

#4E72DB #DB704E #B8DB4E

monochromatic

#1E3B91 #2850C4 #4E72DB #819BE5 #B4C3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#4E72DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#4E72DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72DB

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72DB	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B7FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C72D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.165 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9ae7',
    500: '#4e72db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72db;
$custom-light: #8d9ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.681,
    "s": 66.197,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57985,
    "c": 0.16537,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72DB

secondary

#DED0A6

accent

#BE3FE9

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FC

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72DB

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

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