#4A86E2#4A86E2

#4A86E2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.153 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A86E2
RGB	rgb(74, 134, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 40.7%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, 9.97, -52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 53.48, 280.74°)
OKLab	oklab(62.43% -0.0299 -0.1498)
OKLCH	oklch(62.43% 0.153 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.0717, 23.9945, 75.2469)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A86E2 #E2A64A

analogous

#4AD2E2 #4A86E2 #5A4AE2

triadic

#4A86E2 #E24A86 #86E24A

tetradic

#4A86E2 #E24AD2 #E2A64A #4AE25A

square

#4A86E2 #E24AD2 #E2A64A #4AE25A

split-complementary

#4A86E2 #E25A4A #D2E24A

monochromatic

#194B99 #2165CE #4A86E2 #7FA9EA #B3CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4A86E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4A86E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A86E2

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A86E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A86E2	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8EE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4380E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a86e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 134, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.153 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca8eb',
    500: '#4a86e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a86e2;
$custom-light: #8ca8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a86e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.316,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62427,
    "c": 0.1528,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A86E2

secondary

#E2CAA6

accent

#A739EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A86E2

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

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