#4A74E8#4A74E8

#4A74E8 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.182 H 266.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A74E8
RGBrgb(74, 116, 232)
HSLhsl(224, 77%, 60%)
HSVhsv(224, 68%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(68.1%, 50%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LABlab(51.58, 23.12, -63.13)
CIE-LCHlch(51.58, 67.23, 290.11°)
OKLaboklab(59.08% -0.0126 -0.1812)
OKLCHoklch(59.08% 0.182 266)
XYZxyz(23.6298, 19.7705, 78.8991)
Luminance0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A74E8 #E8BE4A
analogous
#4AC3E8 #4A74E8 #6F4AE8
triadic
#4A74E8 #E84A74 #74E84A
tetradic
#4A74E8 #E84AC3 #E8BE4A #4AE86F
square
#4A74E8 #E84AC3 #E8BE4A #4AE86F
split-complementary
#4A74E8 #E86F4A #C3E84A
monochromatic
#153AA3 #1C4ED9 #4A74E8 #809EEF #B7C7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24
#4A74E8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95
#4A74E8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A74E8
4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A74E8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A74E81.004.244.954.95
#FFFFFF4.241.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9521.001.001.00
##0000004.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#2F83EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#0074E6
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008FA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a74e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 116, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.182 266.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e9bf0',
    500: '#4a74e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a74e8;
$custom-light: #8e9bf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a74e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.051,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59083,
    "c": 0.18168,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.19773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A74E8
secondary
#E5D5A8
accent
#C134F4
background
#F9F9FE
surface
#F2F2FD
border
#CCCCD5
text
#0E0E17
muted
#7E7E85

Preview Lab

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#4A74E8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva