#4A85E1#4A85E1

#4A85E1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.153 H 259.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85E1
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 225)
HSL	hsl(217, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 40.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, 10.22, -52.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 53.50, 281.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.15% -0.0291 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(62.15% 0.153 259)
XYZ	xyz(24.7973, 23.6646, 74.4805)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85E1 #E1A64A

analogous

#4AD1E1 #4A85E1 #5A4AE1

triadic

#4A85E1 #E14A85 #85E14A

tetradic

#4A85E1 #E14AD1 #E1A64A #4AE15A

square

#4A85E1 #E14AD1 #E1A64A #4AE15A

split-complementary

#4A85E1 #E15A4A #D1E14A

monochromatic

#194A97 #2264CC #4A85E1 #7EA8EA #B3CCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4A85E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4A85E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85E1

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85E1	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A8DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.153 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca8eb',
    500: '#4a85e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85e1;
$custom-light: #8ca8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.556,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62152,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.23667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85E1

secondary

#E1CAA6

accent

#A839EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85E1

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

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