#4E72ED#4E72ED

#4E72ED is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.190 H 267.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E72ED
RGB	rgb(78, 114, 237)
HSL	hsl(226, 82%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(226, 67%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 51.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 26.69, -65.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 71.12, 292.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0069 -0.1894)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.19 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.4400, 19.7664, 82.6316)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E72ED #EDC94E

analogous

#4EC2ED #4E72ED #7A4EED

triadic

#4E72ED #ED4E72 #72ED4E

tetradic

#4E72ED #ED4EC2 #EDC94E #4EED7A

square

#4E72ED #ED4EC2 #EDC94E #4EED7A

split-complementary

#4E72ED #ED7A4E #C2ED4E

monochromatic

#1235AF #1746E6 #4E72ED #869EF3 #BDCBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4E72ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#4E72ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4E72ED

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E72ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4E72ED	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2182F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e72ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 114, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.190 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#909af4',
    500: '#4e72ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e72ed;
$custom-light: #909af4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e72ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.415,
    "s": 81.538,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59235,
    "c": 0.18955,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E72ED

secondary

#E9DCAE

accent

#AD08DE

background

#F9F9FF

surface

#F2F2FE

border

#CCCCD6

text

#0E0E17

muted

#7E7E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E72ED

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

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