#4980E6#4980E6

#4980E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.165 H 261.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4980E6
RGB	rgb(73, 128, 230)
HSL	hsl(219, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 44.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.62, 14.86, -57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.62, 59.02, 284.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0243 -0.1634)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.165 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7447, 22.5655, 77.8991)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4980E6 #E6AF49

analogous

#49CEE6 #4980E6 #6149E6

triadic

#4980E6 #E64980 #80E649

tetradic

#4980E6 #E649CE #E6AF49 #49E661

square

#4980E6 #E649CE #E6AF49 #49E661

split-complementary

#4980E6 #E66149 #CEE649

monochromatic

#16469F #1D5DD5 #4980E6 #7FA6ED #B5CBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#4980E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#4980E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4980E6

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4980E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4980E6	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#307CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4980e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 128, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.165 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca4ee',
    500: '#4980e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4980e6;
$custom-light: #8ca4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4980e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.981,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61361,
    "c": 0.16518,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4980E6

secondary

#E4CFA7

accent

#B035F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F3FD

border

#CCCDD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4980E6

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

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