#4A85E5#4A85E5

#4A85E5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.158 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85E5
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 229)
HSL	hsl(217, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 41.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 11.62, -54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 55.62, 282.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0283 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.158 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3494, 23.8855, 77.3880)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85E5 #E5AA4A

analogous

#4AD3E5 #4A85E5 #5D4AE5

triadic

#4A85E5 #E54A85 #85E54A

tetradic

#4A85E5 #E54AD3 #E5AA4A #4AE55D

square

#4A85E5 #E54AD3 #E5AA4A #4AE55D

split-complementary

#4A85E5 #E55D4A #D3E54A

monochromatic

#174A9E #1E63D3 #4A85E5 #80A9ED #B5CDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4A85E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4A85E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85E5

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85E5	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588EE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E80E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.158 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da8ee',
    500: '#4a85e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85e5;
$custom-light: #8da8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.161,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62397,
    "c": 0.15786,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85E5

secondary

#E4CDA7

accent

#AA36F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85E5

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

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