#4987E9#4987E9

#4987E9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.161 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4987E9
RGB	rgb(73, 135, 233)
HSL	hsl(217, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 42.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 11.65, -55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 56.66, 281.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0301 -0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.161 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1143, 24.6249, 80.4518)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4987E9 #E9AB49

analogous

#49D7E9 #4987E9 #5B49E9

triadic

#4987E9 #E94987 #87E949

tetradic

#4987E9 #E949D7 #E9AB49 #49E95B

square

#4987E9 #E949D7 #E9AB49 #49E95B

split-complementary

#4987E9 #E95B49 #D7E949

monochromatic

#144CA4 #1A65DA #4987E9 #80ABF0 #B6CFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4987E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4987E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4987E9

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4987E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4987E9	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5890ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D81E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4987e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 135, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.161 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da9f0',
    500: '#4987e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4987e9;
$custom-light: #8da9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4987e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.75,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63027,
    "c": 0.16123,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4987E9

secondary

#E6CEA8

accent

#AA33F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4987E9

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

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