#4E72E2#4E72E2

#4E72E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.175 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E2
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(225, 72%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 65%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.5%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 22.88, -60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 65.07, 290.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.008 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.175 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8819, 19.1432, 74.4259)
Luminance	0.1915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E2 #E2BE4E

analogous

#4EBCE2 #4E72E2 #744EE2

triadic

#4E72E2 #E24E72 #72E24E

tetradic

#4E72E2 #E24EBC #E2BE4E #4EE274

square

#4E72E2 #E24EBC #E2BE4E #4EE274

split-complementary

#4E72E2 #E2744E #BCE24E

monochromatic

#1A399C #224DD1 #4E72E2 #839CEB #B7C6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#4E72E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#4E72E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E2	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3380E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.175 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9aec',
    500: '#4e72e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e2;
$custom-light: #8e9aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 71.845,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58462,
    "c": 0.17485,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E2

secondary

#E3D5A9

accent

#C239EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E2

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

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