#4A85E2#4A85E2

#4A85E2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.154 H 259.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85E2
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 226)
HSL	hsl(217, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 41.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 10.57, -52.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 54.03, 281.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0289 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.154 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9341, 23.7194, 75.2010)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85E2 #E2A74A

analogous

#4AD1E2 #4A85E2 #5B4AE2

triadic

#4A85E2 #E24A85 #85E24A

tetradic

#4A85E2 #E24AD1 #E2A74A #4AE25B

square

#4A85E2 #E24AD1 #E2A74A #4AE25B

split-complementary

#4A85E2 #E25B4A #D1E24A

monochromatic

#194A99 #2164CE #4A85E2 #7FA9EA #B3CCF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4A85E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4A85E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85E2

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85E2	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A8DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#417FE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.154 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca8eb',
    500: '#4a85e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85e2;
$custom-light: #8ca8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.711,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62213,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85E2

secondary

#E2CBA6

accent

#A839EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85E2

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

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