#4A80E6#4A80E6

#4A80E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.165 H 261.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A80E6
RGB	rgb(74, 128, 230)
HSL	hsl(219, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(219, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 44.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.66, 15.01, -57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.66, 58.99, 284.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.4% -0.0235 -0.1632)
OKLCH	oklch(61.4% 0.165 261.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8211, 22.6048, 77.9026)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A80E6 #E6B04A

analogous

#4ACEE6 #4A80E6 #624AE6

triadic

#4A80E6 #E64A80 #80E64A

tetradic

#4A80E6 #E64ACE #E6B04A #4AE662

square

#4A80E6 #E64ACE #E6B04A #4AE662

split-complementary

#4A80E6 #E6624A #CEE64A

monochromatic

#1646A0 #1D5DD5 #4A80E6 #80A6ED #B6CBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4A80E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#4A80E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A80E6

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A80E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A80E6	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E8AEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#317CE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a80e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 128, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.165 261.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da4ee',
    500: '#4a80e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a80e6;
$custom-light: #8da4ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a80e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.231,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61404,
    "c": 0.16486,
    "h": 261.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A80E6

secondary

#E4CFA8

accent

#B135F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F3FD

border

#CCCDD5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A80E6

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

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