#4A74E6#4A74E6

#4A74E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.179 H 265.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A74E6
RGB	rgb(74, 116, 230)
HSL	hsl(224, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(224, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 49.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 22.42, -62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 66.13, 289.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0128 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.179 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3474, 19.6575, 77.4114)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A74E6 #E6BC4A

analogous

#4AC2E6 #4A74E6 #6E4AE6

triadic

#4A74E6 #E64A74 #74E64A

tetradic

#4A74E6 #E64AC2 #E6BC4A #4AE66E

square

#4A74E6 #E64AC2 #E6BC4A #4AE66E

split-complementary

#4A74E6 #E66E4A #C2E64A

monochromatic

#163BA0 #1D4FD5 #4A74E6 #809DED #B6C7F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#4A74E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#4A74E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A74E6

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A74E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A74E6	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3282EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a74e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 116, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.179 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d9bef',
    500: '#4a74e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a74e6;
$custom-light: #8d9bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a74e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58944,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A74E6

secondary

#E4D4A8

accent

#BF35F2

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A74E6

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

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