#4E72DC#4E72DC

#4E72DC is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.167 H 267.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72DC
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 220)
HSL	hsl(225, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 48.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.48, 20.80, -58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.48, 61.75, 289.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.0087 -0.1665)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.167 267)
XYZ	xyz(22.0730, 18.8196, 70.1656)
Luminance	0.1882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72DC #DCB84E

analogous

#4EB9DC #4E72DC #714EDC

triadic

#4E72DC #DC4E72 #72DC4E

tetradic

#4E72DC #DC4EB9 #DCB84E #4EDC71

square

#4E72DC #DC4EB9 #DCB84E #4EDC71

split-complementary

#4E72DC #DC714E #B9DC4E

monochromatic

#1D3B93 #274FC6 #4E72DC #819BE6 #B4C3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#4E72DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#4E72DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72DC

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72DC	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A7FE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1972DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.167 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9ae7',
    500: '#4e72dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72dc;
$custom-light: #8d9ae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.789,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58052,
    "c": 0.16674,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.18822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72DC

secondary

#DFD1A7

accent

#BE3EEA

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72DC

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

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