#4A86E3#4A86E3

#4A86E3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.154 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A86E3
RGB	rgb(74, 134, 227)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 41%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 10.31, -53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 54.01, 281.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0296 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.154 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2093, 24.0495, 75.9716)
Luminance	0.2405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A86E3 #E3A74A

analogous

#4AD2E3 #4A86E3 #5B4AE3

triadic

#4A86E3 #E34A86 #86E34A

tetradic

#4A86E3 #E34AD2 #E3A74A #4AE35B

square

#4A86E3 #E34AD2 #E3A74A #4AE35B

split-complementary

#4A86E3 #E35B4A #D2E34A

monochromatic

#184B9B #2065D0 #4A86E3 #7FA9EB #B4CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4A86E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4A86E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A86E3

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A86E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A86E3	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8EE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4280E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a86e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 134, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.154 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca8ec',
    500: '#4a86e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a86e3;
$custom-light: #8ca8ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a86e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.471,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62488,
    "c": 0.15411,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A86E3

secondary

#E2CBA6

accent

#A838F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A86E3

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

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