#4E72E9#4E72E9

#4E72E9 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.184 H 267.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72E9
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(226, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.31, 25.30, -64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.31, 68.93, 291.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% -0.0073 -0.1841)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.184 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8621, 19.5352, 79.5881)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72E9 #E9C54E

analogous

#4EBFE9 #4E72E9 #784EE9

triadic

#4E72E9 #E94E72 #72E94E

tetradic

#4E72E9 #E94EBF #E9C54E #4EE978

square

#4E72E9 #E94EBF #E9C54E #4EE978

split-complementary

#4E72E9 #E9784E #BFE94E

monochromatic

#1537A8 #1C49DE #4E72E9 #849DF0 #BBC9F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#4E72E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#4E72E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72E9

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72E9	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2982ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.184 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909af1',
    500: '#4e72e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72e9;
$custom-light: #909af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.065,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5895,
    "c": 0.18423,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72E9

secondary

#E7D9AC

accent

#AA0BDA

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72E9

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

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