#4A83E6#4A83E6

#4A83E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.161 H 260.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A83E6
RGB	rgb(74, 131, 230)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(218, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 43%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.48, 13.18, -55.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.48, 57.27, 283.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0263 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.161 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2182, 23.3991, 78.0350)
Luminance	0.2340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A83E6 #E6AD4A

analogous

#4AD1E6 #4A83E6 #5F4AE6

triadic

#4A83E6 #E64A83 #83E64A

tetradic

#4A83E6 #E64AD1 #E6AD4A #4AE65F

square

#4A83E6 #E64AD1 #E6AD4A #4AE65F

split-complementary

#4A83E6 #E65F4A #D1E64A

monochromatic

#1648A0 #1D61D5 #4A83E6 #80A8ED #B6CDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4A83E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4A83E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A83E6

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A83E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A83E6	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#387EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a83e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 131, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.161 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da6ee',
    500: '#4a83e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a83e6;
$custom-light: #8da6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a83e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.077,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.16142,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A83E6

secondary

#E4CEA8

accent

#AD35F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A83E6

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

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