#4A87E0#4A87E0

#4A87E0 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.149 H 257.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87E0
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 224)
HSL	hsl(216, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 39.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 8.67, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 51.89, 279.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0312 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.149 257.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.9377, 24.1631, 73.8563)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87E0 #E0A34A

analogous

#4AD2E0 #4A87E0 #584AE0

triadic

#4A87E0 #E04A87 #87E04A

tetradic

#4A87E0 #E04AD2 #E0A34A #4AE058

square

#4A87E0 #E04AD2 #E0A34A #4AE058

split-complementary

#4A87E0 #E0584A #D2E04A

monochromatic

#1A4C96 #2367CA #4A87E0 #7EAAE9 #B3CCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4A87E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4A87E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87E0

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87E0	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8EE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4780DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.149 257.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca9ea',
    500: '#4a87e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87e0;
$custom-light: #8ca9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.6,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62522,
    "c": 0.14908,
    "h": 257.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87E0

secondary

#E1C8A5

accent

#A53AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87E0

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

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