#4E72E0#4E72E0

#4E72E0 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.172 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E0
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 224)
HSL	hsl(225, 70%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 49.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, 22.19, -59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 63.96, 290.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% -0.0082 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.172 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6091, 19.0340, 72.9890)
Luminance	0.1904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E0 #E0BC4E

analogous

#4EBBE0 #4E72E0 #734EE0

triadic

#4E72E0 #E04E72 #72E04E

tetradic

#4E72E0 #E04EBB #E0BC4E #4EE073

square

#4E72E0 #E04EBB #E0BC4E #4EE073

split-complementary

#4E72E0 #E0734E #BBE04E

monochromatic

#1B3A99 #244ECD #4E72E0 #829BE9 #B6C5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#4E72E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#4E72E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E0

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E0	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3580E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0972DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.172 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9aea',
    500: '#4e72e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e0;
$custom-light: #8e9aea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.205,
    "s": 70.192,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58324,
    "c": 0.17216,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E0

secondary

#E1D3A8

accent

#C13BED

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E0

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

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