#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
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 41.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 11.14, -55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 57.06, 281.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0321 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.163 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4837, 26.0913, 84.4600)
Luminance	0.2609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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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
##4A8BEE	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A8BEE

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

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