#4A8BE7#4A8BE7

#4A8BE7 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.154 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BE7
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 231)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 39.8%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, 8.70, -52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 53.40, 279.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0335 -0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.154 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4752, 25.6879, 79.1488)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BE7 #E7A64A

analogous

#4ADAE7 #4A8BE7 #584AE7

triadic

#4A8BE7 #E74A8B #8BE74A

tetradic

#4A8BE7 #E74ADA #E7A64A #4AE758

square

#4A8BE7 #E74ADA #E7A64A #4AE758

split-complementary

#4A8BE7 #E7584A #DAE74A

monochromatic

#154FA1 #1D6AD7 #4A8BE7 #80AEEE #B6D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4A8BE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4A8BE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BE7

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BE7	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6193EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4884E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8be7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.154 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacef',
    500: '#4a8be7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8be7;
$custom-light: #8dacef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8be7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.159,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63801,
    "c": 0.1539,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BE7

secondary

#E5CCA8

accent

#A435F3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BE7

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

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