#4A80E3#4A80E3

#4A80E3 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.161 H 261.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A80E3
RGB	rgb(74, 128, 227)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(219, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 43.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, 13.96, -55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 57.37, 284.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.024 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.161 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4034, 22.4378, 75.7030)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A80E3 #E3AD4A

analogous

#4ACCE3 #4A80E3 #614AE3

triadic

#4A80E3 #E34A80 #80E34A

tetradic

#4A80E3 #E34ACC #E3AD4A #4AE361

square

#4A80E3 #E34ACC #E3AD4A #4AE361

split-complementary

#4A80E3 #E3614A #CCE34A

monochromatic

#18469B #205ED0 #4A80E3 #7FA5EB #B4CAF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#4A80E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#4A80E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A80E3

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A80E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A80E3	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#508AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#357CE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a80e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 128, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.161 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca4ec',
    500: '#4a80e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a80e3;
$custom-light: #8ca4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a80e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.824,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61214,
    "c": 0.16087,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A80E3

secondary

#E2CDA6

accent

#AF38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F3FD

border

#CCCDD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A80E3

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

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