#4A8BEF#4A8BEF

#4A8BEF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.164 H 258.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BEF
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 41.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, 11.49, -56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 57.59, 281.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0319 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.164 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6310, 26.1502, 85.2359)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BEF #EFAE4A

analogous

#4ADDEF #4A8BEF #5C4AEF

triadic

#4A8BEF #EF4A8B #8BEF4A

tetradic

#4A8BEF #EF4ADD #EFAE4A #4AEF5C

square

#4A8BEF #EF4ADD #EFAE4A #4AEF5C

split-complementary

#4A8BEF #EF5C4A #DDEF4A

monochromatic

#0F4EAF #1468E7 #4A8BEF #82AFF4 #BAD3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4A8BEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4A8BEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BEF

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BEF	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B94F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4085ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.164 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacf5',
    500: '#4a8bef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bef;
$custom-light: #8eacf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.364,
    "s": 83.756,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64285,
    "c": 0.1643,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BEF

secondary

#E9D1AC

accent

#8A05E0

background

#F9FAFF

surface

#F2F4FE

border

#CCCED6

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BEF

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

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