#4E72E5#4E72E5

#4E72E5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.179 H 267.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E5
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 229)
HSL	hsl(226, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.05, 23.92, -62.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.05, 66.72, 291.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0077 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.179 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2972, 19.3093, 76.6129)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E5 #E5C14E

analogous

#4EBEE5 #4E72E5 #754EE5

triadic

#4E72E5 #E54E72 #72E54E

tetradic

#4E72E5 #E54EBE #E5C14E #4EE575

square

#4E72E5 #E54EBE #E5C14E #4EE575

split-complementary

#4E72E5 #E5754E #BEE54E

monochromatic

#1838A1 #1F4BD6 #4E72E5 #839DED #B9C7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#4E72E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#4E72E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E5

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E5	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F81E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.179 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9aee',
    500: '#4e72e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e5;
$custom-light: #8f9aee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.695,
    "s": 74.384,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5867,
    "c": 0.17888,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E5

secondary

#E4D7AA

accent

#A70FD7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E5

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

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