#4986E4#4986E4

#4986E4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.156 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4986E4
RGB	rgb(73, 134, 228)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 41.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, 10.51, -53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 54.57, 281.10°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0302 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.156 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2713, 24.0655, 76.6970)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4986E4 #E4A749

analogous

#49D4E4 #4986E4 #5A49E4

triadic

#4986E4 #E44986 #86E449

tetradic

#4986E4 #E449D4 #E4A749 #49E45A

square

#4986E4 #E449D4 #E4A749 #49E45A

split-complementary

#4986E4 #E45A49 #D4E449

monochromatic

#174B9C #1F65D1 #4986E4 #7EA9EC #B4CDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4986E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4986E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4986E4

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4986E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4986E4	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A8EE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4180E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4986e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 134, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.156 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca8ed',
    500: '#4986e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4986e4;
$custom-light: #8ca8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4986e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.387,
    "s": 74.163,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62507,
    "c": 0.15578,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4986E4

secondary

#E3CBA6

accent

#A837F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4986E4

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

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