#4A88E1#4A88E1

#4A88E1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.149 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A88E1
RGB	rgb(74, 136, 225)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 39.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, 8.41, -51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 51.87, 279.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.032 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.149 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2139, 24.4978, 74.6193)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A88E1 #E1A34A

analogous

#4AD4E1 #4A88E1 #574AE1

triadic

#4A88E1 #E14A88 #88E14A

tetradic

#4A88E1 #E14AD4 #E1A34A #4AE157

square

#4A88E1 #E14AD4 #E1A34A #4AE157

split-complementary

#4A88E1 #E1574A #D4E14A

monochromatic

#194D97 #2268CC #4A88E1 #7EABEA #B3CDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4A88E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4A88E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A88E1

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A88E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A88E1	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8FE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a88e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 136, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.149 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caaeb',
    500: '#4a88e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a88e1;
$custom-light: #8caaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a88e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.364,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62798,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A88E1

secondary

#E1C9A6

accent

#A439EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A88E1

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

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