#4E72E7#4E72E7

#4E72E7 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.182 H 267.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E7
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 231)
HSL	hsl(226, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(226, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 50.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 24.61, -63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 67.82, 291.28°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% -0.0075 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.182 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5780, 19.4216, 78.0920)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E7 #E7C34E

analogous

#4EBFE7 #4E72E7 #764EE7

triadic

#4E72E7 #E74E72 #72E74E

tetradic

#4E72E7 #E74EBF #E7C34E #4EE776

square

#4E72E7 #E74EBF #E7C34E #4EE776

split-complementary

#4E72E7 #E7764E #BFE74E

monochromatic

#1638A4 #1E4ADA #4E72E7 #849DEE #BAC8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#4E72E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#4E72E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E7

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E7	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C81EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0073E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.182 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9aef',
    500: '#4e72e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e7;
$custom-light: #8f9aef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5881,
    "c": 0.18156,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E7

secondary

#E5D8AB

accent

#A90DD8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E7

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

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