#4682E3#4682E3

#4682E3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.160 H 259.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4682E3
RGB	rgb(70, 130, 227)
HSL	hsl(217, 74%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(217, 69%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 42.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 12.13, -55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 56.36, 282.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.47% -0.0289 -0.1573)
OKLCH	oklch(61.47% 0.16 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3686, 22.8109, 75.7768)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4682E3 #E3A746

analogous

#46D0E3 #4682E3 #5846E3

triadic

#4682E3 #E34682 #82E346

tetradic

#4682E3 #E346D0 #E3A746 #46E358

square

#4682E3 #E346D0 #E3A746 #46E358

split-complementary

#4682E3 #E35846 #D0E346

monochromatic

#174898 #1F61CD #4682E3 #7BA6EB #B0CAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4682E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4682E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4682E3

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4682E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4682E3	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0099A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4682e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 130, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.160 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba5ec',
    500: '#4682e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4682e3;
$custom-light: #8ba5ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4682e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.07,
    "s": 73.709,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61469,
    "c": 0.15993,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4682E3

secondary

#E2CAA3

accent

#AA37F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4682E3

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

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