#4A88E2#4A88E2

#4A88E2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.151 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A88E2
RGB	rgb(74, 136, 226)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 39.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 8.76, -51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 52.40, 279.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0317 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.151 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3507, 24.5526, 75.3399)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A88E2 #E2A44A

analogous

#4AD4E2 #4A88E2 #584AE2

triadic

#4A88E2 #E24A88 #88E24A

tetradic

#4A88E2 #E24AD4 #E2A44A #4AE258

square

#4A88E2 #E24AD4 #E2A44A #4AE258

split-complementary

#4A88E2 #E2584A #D4E24A

monochromatic

#194D99 #2167CE #4A88E2 #7FABEA #B3CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4A88E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4A88E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A88E2

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A88E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A88E2	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F90E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4781E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a88e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 136, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.151 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caaeb',
    500: '#4a88e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a88e2;
$custom-light: #8caaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a88e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.526,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62857,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A88E2

secondary

#E2C9A6

accent

#A539EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A88E2

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

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