#4A88E3#4A88E3

#4A88E3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.152 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A88E3
RGB	rgb(74, 136, 227)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 40.1%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, 9.11, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 52.92, 279.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0315 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.152 258)
XYZ	xyz(25.4883, 24.6076, 76.0646)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A88E3 #E3A54A

analogous

#4AD5E3 #4A88E3 #594AE3

triadic

#4A88E3 #E34A88 #88E34A

tetradic

#4A88E3 #E34AD5 #E3A54A #4AE359

square

#4A88E3 #E34AD5 #E3A54A #4AE359

split-complementary

#4A88E3 #E3594A #D5E34A

monochromatic

#184D9B #2067D0 #4A88E3 #7FABEB #B4CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4A88E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4A88E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A88E3

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A88E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A88E3	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E90E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a88e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 136, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.152 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caaec',
    500: '#4a88e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a88e3;
$custom-light: #8caaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a88e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.686,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.2461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A88E3

secondary

#E2CAA6

accent

#A538F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A88E3

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

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