#4A87E1#4A87E1

#4A87E1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.150 H 258.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87E1
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 225)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 40%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, 9.01, -51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 52.41, 279.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% -0.031 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.15 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0737, 24.2175, 74.5726)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87E1 #E1A44A

analogous

#4AD2E1 #4A87E1 #584AE1

triadic

#4A87E1 #E14A87 #87E14A

tetradic

#4A87E1 #E14AD2 #E1A44A #4AE158

square

#4A87E1 #E14AD2 #E1A44A #4AE158

split-complementary

#4A87E1 #E1584A #D2E14A

monochromatic

#194C97 #2267CC #4A87E1 #7EAAEA #B3CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4A87E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4A87E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87E1

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87E1	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.150 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca9eb',
    500: '#4a87e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87e1;
$custom-light: #8ca9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.762,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62582,
    "c": 0.15038,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87E1

secondary

#E1C9A6

accent

#A539EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87E1

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

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