#4A82E2#4A82E2

#4A82E2 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.157 H 260.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A82E2
RGB	rgb(74, 130, 226)
HSL	hsl(218, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 42.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.98, 12.39, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.98, 55.70, 282.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.57% -0.0261 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(61.57% 0.157 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5292, 22.9096, 75.0660)
Luminance	0.2291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A82E2 #E2AA4A

analogous

#4ACEE2 #4A82E2 #5E4AE2

triadic

#4A82E2 #E24A82 #82E24A

tetradic

#4A82E2 #E24ACE #E2AA4A #4AE25E

square

#4A82E2 #E24ACE #E2AA4A #4AE25E

split-complementary

#4A82E2 #E25E4A #CEE24A

monochromatic

#194899 #2161CE #4A82E2 #7FA6EA #B3CBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4A82E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#4A82E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A82E2

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A82E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A82E2	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#548BE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B7DE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a82e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 130, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.157 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca5eb',
    500: '#4a82e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a82e2;
$custom-light: #8ca5eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a82e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61574,
    "c": 0.15726,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A82E2

secondary

#E2CCA6

accent

#AC39EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A82E2

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

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