#4E72DD#4E72DD

#4E72DD is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.168 H 267.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72DD
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(225, 68%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.54, 21.15, -58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.54, 62.30, 289.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.12% -0.0085 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(58.12% 0.168 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2059, 18.8727, 70.8652)
Luminance	0.1888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72DD #DDB94E

analogous

#4EB9DD #4E72DD #714EDD

triadic

#4E72DD #DD4E72 #72DD4E

tetradic

#4E72DD #DD4EB9 #DDB94E #4EDD71

square

#4E72DD #DD4EB9 #DDB94E #4EDD71

split-complementary

#4E72DD #DD714E #B9DD4E

monochromatic

#1C3B94 #264FC7 #4E72DD #819BE7 #B5C4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.40

#4E72DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#4E72DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72DD

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72DD	1.00	4.40	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#397FE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1672DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.168 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9ae8',
    500: '#4e72dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72dd;
$custom-light: #8e9ae8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.895,
    "s": 67.773,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5812,
    "c": 0.16809,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72DD

secondary

#E0D1A7

accent

#BF3DEB

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0D0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72DD

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

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