#4986E6#4986E6

#4986E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.158 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4986E6
RGB	rgb(73, 134, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 41.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, 11.21, -54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 55.63, 281.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0298 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.158 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.5505, 24.1772, 78.1677)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4986E6 #E6A949

analogous

#49D4E6 #4986E6 #5B49E6

triadic

#4986E6 #E64986 #86E649

tetradic

#4986E6 #E649D4 #E6A949 #49E65B

square

#4986E6 #E649D4 #E6A949 #49E65B

split-complementary

#4986E6 #E65B49 #D4E649

monochromatic

#164B9F #1D64D5 #4986E6 #7FAAED #B5CEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4986E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4986E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4986E6

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4986E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4986E6	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#598FEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F80E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4986e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 134, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.158 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca8ee',
    500: '#4986e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4986e6;
$custom-light: #8ca8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4986e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.688,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6263,
    "c": 0.1584,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4986E6

secondary

#E4CCA7

accent

#A935F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4986E6

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

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