#4A88ED#4A88ED

#4A88ED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.165 H 259.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A88ED
RGB	rgb(74, 136, 237)
HSL	hsl(217, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(217, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 42.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 12.60, -56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 58.19, 282.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0295 -0.1623)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.165 259.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9088, 25.1758, 83.5456)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A88ED #EDAF4A

analogous

#4AD9ED #4A88ED #5D4AED

triadic

#4A88ED #ED4A88 #88ED4A

tetradic

#4A88ED #ED4AD9 #EDAF4A #4AED5D

square

#4A88ED #ED4AD9 #EDAF4A #4AED5D

split-complementary

#4A88ED #ED5D4A #D9ED4A

monochromatic

#114CAC #1764E3 #4A88ED #82ADF3 #B9D1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4A88ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4A88ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A88ED

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A88ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A88ED	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5792F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B82EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a88ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 136, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.165 259.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eaaf3',
    500: '#4a88ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a88ed;
$custom-light: #8eaaf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a88ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.178,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63527,
    "c": 0.16502,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A88ED

secondary

#E8D1AB

accent

#8C07DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F17

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A88ED

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

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