#4A8BEE#4A8BEE

#4A8BEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.163 H 258.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8BEE
RGBrgb(74, 139, 238)
HSLhsl(216, 83%, 61%)
HSVhsv(216, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(58.12, 11.14, -55.96)
CIE-LCHlch(58.12, 57.06, 281.25°)
OKLaboklab(64.22% -0.0321 -0.1598)
OKLCHoklch(64.22% 0.163 258.7)
XYZxyz(27.4837, 26.0913, 84.4600)
Luminance0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8BEE #EEAD4A
analogous
#4ADDEE #4A8BEE #5B4AEE
triadic
#4A8BEE #EE4A8B #8BEE4A
tetradic
#4A8BEE #EE4ADD #EEAD4A #4AEE5B
square
#4A8BEE #EE4ADD #EEAD4A #4AEE5B
split-complementary
#4A8BEE #EE5B4A #DDEE4A
monochromatic
#104FAD #1668E5 #4A8BEE #82AFF3 #BAD3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38
#4A8BEE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22
#4A8BEE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BEE
6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8BEE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8BEE1.003.386.226.22
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2221.001.001.00
##0000006.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C94F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4185EC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A2B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8bee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.163 258.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacf4',
    500: '#4a8bee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8bee;
$custom-light: #8eacf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8bee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.22,
    "s": 82.828,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64224,
    "c": 0.16301,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8BEE
secondary
#E9D0AB
accent
#8906DF
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0E1017
muted
#7E7F85

Preview Lab

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#4A8BEE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva