#4E72E3#4E72E3

#4E72E3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.176 H 267.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E3
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 227)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 49.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.92, 23.23, -61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.92, 65.62, 290.73°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0079 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.176 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.0196, 19.1982, 75.1507)
Luminance	0.1920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E3 #E3BF4E

analogous

#4EBDE3 #4E72E3 #744EE3

triadic

#4E72E3 #E34E72 #72E34E

tetradic

#4E72E3 #E34EBD #E3BF4E #4EE374

square

#4E72E3 #E34EBD #E3BF4E #4EE374

split-complementary

#4E72E3 #E3744E #BDE34E

monochromatic

#19399E #214CD3 #4E72E3 #839CEB #B8C6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#4E72E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#4E72E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E3

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E3	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3280E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.176 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9aec',
    500: '#4e72e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e3;
$custom-light: #8f9aec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.503,
    "s": 72.683,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58531,
    "c": 0.1762,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E3

secondary

#E3D5AA

accent

#C338EF

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E3

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

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