#4A85E6#4A85E6

#4A85E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.159 H 259.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85E6
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 230)
HSL	hsl(217, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(217, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 42.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, 11.97, -54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 56.15, 282.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0281 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.159 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.4894, 23.9415, 78.1254)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85E6 #E6AB4A

analogous

#4AD3E6 #4A85E6 #5D4AE6

triadic

#4A85E6 #E64A85 #85E64A

tetradic

#4A85E6 #E64AD3 #E6AB4A #4AE65D

square

#4A85E6 #E64AD3 #E6AB4A #4AE65D

split-complementary

#4A85E6 #E65D4A #D3E64A

monochromatic

#164AA0 #1D63D5 #4A85E6 #80A9ED #B6CDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4A85E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4A85E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85E6

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85E6	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D80E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.159 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da8ee',
    500: '#4a85e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85e6;
$custom-light: #8da8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.308,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62458,
    "c": 0.15918,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85E6

secondary

#E4CDA8

accent

#AB35F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85E6

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

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