#4A87E2#4A87E2

#4A87E2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.152 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87E2
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 40.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, 9.36, -52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 52.94, 280.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.64% -0.0308 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(62.64% 0.152 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.2105, 24.2722, 75.2931)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87E2 #E2A54A

analogous

#4AD3E2 #4A87E2 #594AE2

triadic

#4A87E2 #E24A87 #87E24A

tetradic

#4A87E2 #E24AD3 #E2A54A #4AE259

square

#4A87E2 #E24AD3 #E2A54A #4AE259

split-complementary

#4A87E2 #E2594A #D3E24A

monochromatic

#194C99 #2166CE #4A87E2 #7FAAEA #B3CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4A87E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4A87E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87E2

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87E2	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8FE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4581E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.152 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca9eb',
    500: '#4a87e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87e2;
$custom-light: #8ca9eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.921,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62642,
    "c": 0.1517,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87E2

secondary

#E2CAA6

accent

#A639EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87E2

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

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