#4A8BE6#4A8BE6

#4A8BE6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.153 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BE6
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 39.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, 8.35, -52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 52.88, 279.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0337 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.153 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3344, 25.6315, 78.4071)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BE6 #E6A54A

analogous

#4AD9E6 #4A8BE6 #574AE6

triadic

#4A8BE6 #E64A8B #8BE64A

tetradic

#4A8BE6 #E64AD9 #E6A54A #4AE657

square

#4A8BE6 #E64AD9 #E6A54A #4AE657

split-complementary

#4A8BE6 #E6574A #D9E64A

monochromatic

#164FA0 #1D6AD5 #4A8BE6 #80ADED #B6D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4A8BE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4A8BE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BE6

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BE6	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6192EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4984E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8be6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.153 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacee',
    500: '#4a8be6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8be6;
$custom-light: #8dacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8be6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63742,
    "c": 0.1526,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BE6

secondary

#E4CBA8

accent

#A435F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BE6

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

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