#4A74B2#4A74B2

#4A74B2 is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.108 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A74B2
RGB	rgb(74, 116, 178)
HSL	hsl(216, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(216, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 34.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.46, 4.43, -37.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.46, 37.57, 276.77°)
OKLab	oklab(55.68% -0.0224 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(55.68% 0.108 258)
XYZ	xyz(17.1025, 17.1595, 44.5217)
Luminance	0.1716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A74B2 #B2884A

analogous

#4AA8B2 #4A74B2 #544AB2

triadic

#4A74B2 #B24A74 #74B24A

tetradic

#4A74B2 #B24AA8 #B2884A #4AB254

square

#4A74B2 #B24AA8 #B2884A #4AB254

split-complementary

#4A74B2 #B2544A #A8B24A

monochromatic

#263C5C #385887 #4A74B2 #7495C5 #9FB6D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#4A74B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#4A74B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A74B2

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A74B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A74B2	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A78B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00828B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a74b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 116, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.108 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bc9',
    500: '#4a74b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a74b2;
$custom-light: #859bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a74b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.769,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55678,
    "c": 0.10784,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.17161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A74B2

secondary

#C4B194

accent

#A057D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0C0E13

muted

#7D7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A74B2

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

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