#4A74CE#4A74CE

#4A74CE is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.146 H 263.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A74CE
RGB	rgb(74, 116, 206)
HSL	hsl(221, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(221, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 43.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, 14.02, -51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 52.89, 285.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% -0.0163 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.146 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.2061, 18.4010, 60.8674)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A74CE #CEA44A

analogous

#4AB6CE #4A74CE #624ACE

triadic

#4A74CE #CE4A74 #74CE4A

tetradic

#4A74CE #CE4AB6 #CEA44A #4ACE62

square

#4A74CE #CE4AB6 #CEA44A #4ACE62

split-complementary

#4A74CE #CE624A #B6CE4A

monochromatic

#223E7C #2F57AC #4A74CE #7A99DB #AABEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#4A74CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#4A74CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A74CE

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A74CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A74CE	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3471CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a74ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 116, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.146 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#899bdd',
    500: '#4a74ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a74ce;
$custom-light: #899bdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a74ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57348,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A74CE

secondary

#D6C49E

accent

#B047E1

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#F0F2FB

border

#CBCCD4

text

#0D0E15

muted

#7D7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A74CE

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

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