#4980E1#4980E1

#4980E1 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.159 H 260.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4980E1
RGB	rgb(73, 128, 225)
HSL	hsl(218, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(218, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 43.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, 13.11, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 56.33, 283.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.0252 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.159 260.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0526, 22.2886, 74.2541)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4980E1 #E1AA49

analogous

#49CCE1 #4980E1 #5E49E1

triadic

#4980E1 #E14980 #80E149

tetradic

#4980E1 #E149CC #E1AA49 #49E15E

square

#4980E1 #E149CC #E1AA49 #49E15E

split-complementary

#4980E1 #E15E49 #CCE149

monochromatic

#194697 #225FCB #4980E1 #7EA5EA #B2C9F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4980E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4980E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4980E1

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4980E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4980E1	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5189E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#377BDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0096A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4980e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 128, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.159 260.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca4eb',
    500: '#4980e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4980e1;
$custom-light: #8ca4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4980e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.289,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61044,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 260.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4980E1

secondary

#E1CBA5

accent

#AD39EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F3FD

border

#CCCDD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4980E1

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

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