#4E72E1#4E72E1

#4E72E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.174 H 267.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E1
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 225)
HSL	hsl(225, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 49.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, 22.53, -60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 64.51, 290.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.39% -0.0081 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(58.39% 0.174 267.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7451, 19.0884, 73.7053)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E1 #E1BD4E

analogous

#4EBCE1 #4E72E1 #744EE1

triadic

#4E72E1 #E14E72 #72E14E

tetradic

#4E72E1 #E14EBC #E1BD4E #4EE174

square

#4E72E1 #E14EBC #E1BD4E #4EE174

split-complementary

#4E72E1 #E1744E #BCE14E

monochromatic

#1A3A9A #234DCF #4E72E1 #829CEA #B7C5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#4E72E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#4E72E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E1

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E1	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3480E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0473DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.174 267.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9aeb',
    500: '#4e72e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e1;
$custom-light: #8e9aeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.306,
    "s": 71.014,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58393,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 267.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E1

secondary

#E2D4A9

accent

#C23AEE

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E1

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

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