#4A87E5#4A87E5

#4A87E5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.156 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87E5
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 229)
HSL	hsl(216, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 41%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, 10.41, -53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 54.52, 281.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0302 -0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.156 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6258, 24.4383, 77.4801)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87E5 #E5A84A

analogous

#4AD5E5 #4A87E5 #5B4AE5

triadic

#4A87E5 #E54A87 #87E54A

tetradic

#4A87E5 #E54AD5 #E5A84A #4AE55B

square

#4A87E5 #E54AD5 #E5A84A #4AE55B

split-complementary

#4A87E5 #E55B4A #D5E54A

monochromatic

#174C9E #1E66D3 #4A87E5 #80AAED #B5CEF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4A87E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4A87E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87E5

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87E5	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B8FE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.156 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da9ee',
    500: '#4a87e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87e5;
$custom-light: #8da9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.387,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62823,
    "c": 0.15563,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87E5

secondary

#E4CCA7

accent

#A836F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87E5

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

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