#4980E2#4980E2

#4980E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.160 H 261.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4980E2
RGB	rgb(73, 128, 226)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(218, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 43.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, 13.46, -55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 56.86, 283.69°)
OKLab	oklab(61.11% -0.025 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(61.11% 0.16 261)
XYZ	xyz(24.1894, 22.3433, 74.9747)
Luminance	0.2235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4980E2 #E2AB49

analogous

#49CDE2 #4980E2 #5E49E2

triadic

#4980E2 #E24980 #80E249

tetradic

#4980E2 #E249CD #E2AB49 #49E25E

square

#4980E2 #E249CD #E2AB49 #49E25E

split-complementary

#4980E2 #E25E49 #CDE249

monochromatic

#184698 #215FCD #4980E2 #7EA5EA #B3CAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#4980E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#4980E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4980E2

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4980E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4980E2	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#367CE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4980e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 128, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.160 261.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca4ec',
    500: '#4980e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4980e2;
$custom-light: #8ca4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4980e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.431,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61107,
    "c": 0.15987,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.22346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4980E2

secondary

#E2CCA5

accent

#AE39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F3FD

border

#CCCDD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4980E2

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

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