#4E72E4#4E72E4

#4E72E4 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.178 H 267.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E4
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 228)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 50%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 23.57, -61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 66.17, 290.87°)
OKLab	oklab(58.6% -0.0078 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(58.6% 0.178 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1580, 19.2536, 75.8796)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E4 #E4C04E

analogous

#4EBDE4 #4E72E4 #754EE4

triadic

#4E72E4 #E44E72 #72E44E

tetradic

#4E72E4 #E44EBD #E4C04E #4EE475

square

#4E72E4 #E44EBD #E4C04E #4EE475

split-complementary

#4E72E4 #E4754E #BDE44E

monochromatic

#18399F #204CD4 #4E72E4 #839CEC #B8C7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#4E72E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#4E72E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E4

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E4	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3081E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.178 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9aed',
    500: '#4e72e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e4;
$custom-light: #8f9aed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 73.529,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.586,
    "c": 0.17754,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E4

secondary

#E4D6AA

accent

#C438F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E4

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

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