#4A87DE#4A87DE

#4A87DE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.146 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87DE
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 222)
HSL	hsl(215, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 39.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, 7.97, -50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 50.84, 279.02°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0317 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.146 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.6681, 24.0552, 72.4362)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87DE #DEA14A

analogous

#4AD1DE #4A87DE #574ADE

triadic

#4A87DE #DE4A87 #87DE4A

tetradic

#4A87DE #DE4AD1 #DEA14A #4ADE57

square

#4A87DE #DE4AD1 #DEA14A #4ADE57

split-complementary

#4A87DE #DE574A #D1DE4A

monochromatic

#1B4C93 #2467C7 #4A87DE #7EA9E7 #B2CCF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4A87DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4A87DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87DE

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87DE	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)

#608EE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4980DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.146 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ba9e9',
    500: '#4a87de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87de;
$custom-light: #8ba9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.27,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62404,
    "c": 0.14645,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87DE

secondary

#DFC7A4

accent

#A33CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87DE

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

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