#4E72E6#4E72E6

#4E72E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.180 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E6
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(226, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, 24.26, -62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 67.27, 291.14°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0076 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.18 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4372, 19.3653, 77.3503)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E6 #E6C24E

analogous

#4EBEE6 #4E72E6 #764EE6

triadic

#4E72E6 #E64E72 #72E64E

tetradic

#4E72E6 #E64EBE #E6C24E #4EE676

square

#4E72E6 #E64EBE #E6C24E #4EE676

split-complementary

#4E72E6 #E6764E #BEE64E

monochromatic

#1738A3 #1F4BD8 #4E72E6 #849DEE #B9C7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#4E72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#4E72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E6

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E6	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D81EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008DA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.180 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9aef',
    500: '#4e72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e6;
$custom-light: #8f9aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.789,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5874,
    "c": 0.18023,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E6

secondary

#E5D7AB

accent

#A80ED7

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E6

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

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