#4A6AE3#4A6AE3

#4A6AE3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.187 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A6AE3
RGB	rgb(74, 106, 227)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(227, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 53.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 27.60, -65.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 70.66, 292.99°)
OKLab	oklab(56.76% -0.0045 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(56.76% 0.187 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8384, 17.3079, 74.8480)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A6AE3 #E3C34A

analogous

#4AB7E3 #4A6AE3 #774AE3

triadic

#4A6AE3 #E34A6A #6AE34A

tetradic

#4A6AE3 #E34AB7 #E3C34A #4AE377

square

#4A6AE3 #E34AB7 #E3C34A #4AE377

split-complementary

#4A6AE3 #E3774A #B7E34A

monochromatic

#18339B #2045D0 #4A6AE3 #7F96EB #B4C1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#4A6AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#4A6AE3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A6AE3

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A6AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A6AE3	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7BE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006DE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00879C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a6ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 106, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.187 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d94ed',
    500: '#4a6ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a6ae3;
$custom-light: #8d94ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a6ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.451,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56758,
    "c": 0.18711,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A6AE3

secondary

#E2D6A6

accent

#C938F0

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F1FD

border

#CCCBD5

text

#0E0D16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A6AE3

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

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