#4A74E5#4A74E5

#4A74E5 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.178 H 265.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A74E5
RGB	rgb(74, 116, 229)
HSL	hsl(224, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 49.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 22.06, -61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 65.58, 289.66°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% -0.0129 -0.1772)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.178 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2074, 19.6015, 76.6740)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A74E5 #E5BB4A

analogous

#4AC2E5 #4A74E5 #6E4AE5

triadic

#4A74E5 #E54A74 #74E54A

tetradic

#4A74E5 #E54AC2 #E5BB4A #4AE56E

square

#4A74E5 #E54AC2 #E5BB4A #4AE56E

split-complementary

#4A74E5 #E56E4A #C2E54A

monochromatic

#173B9E #1E4FD3 #4A74E5 #809DED #B5C6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#4A74E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#4A74E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A74E5

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A74E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A74E5	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3482E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a74e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 116, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.178 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9bee',
    500: '#4a74e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a74e5;
$custom-light: #8d9bee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a74e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.742,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58874,
    "c": 0.17767,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A74E5

secondary

#E4D3A7

accent

#BF36F1

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A74E5

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

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