#4A8AED#4A8AED

#4A8AED is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.163 H 258.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8AED
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 237)
HSL	hsl(216, 82%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.8%, 41.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 11.39, -55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 57.09, 281.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0314 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.163 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1931, 25.7444, 83.6404)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8AED #EDAD4A

analogous

#4ADBED #4A8AED #5B4AED

triadic

#4A8AED #ED4A8A #8AED4A

tetradic

#4A8AED #ED4ADB #EDAD4A #4AED5B

square

#4A8AED #ED4ADB #EDAD4A #4AED5B

split-complementary

#4A8AED #ED5B4A #DBED4A

monochromatic

#114EAC #1767E3 #4A8AED #82AEF3 #B9D2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4A8AED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4A8AED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AED

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8AED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8AED	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B93F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4084EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8aed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.163 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eabf3',
    500: '#4a8aed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8aed;
$custom-light: #8eabf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8aed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.442,
    "s": 81.91,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6395,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8AED

secondary

#E8D0AB

accent

#8A07DE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8AED

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

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