#4A8CE9#4A8CE9

#4A8CE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.155 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CE9
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 233)
HSL	hsl(215, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 39.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, 8.79, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 53.91, 279.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.034 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.155 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9048, 26.0924, 80.6934)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CE9 #E9A74A

analogous

#4ADCE9 #4A8CE9 #574AE9

triadic

#4A8CE9 #E94A8C #8CE94A

tetradic

#4A8CE9 #E94ADC #E9A74A #4AE957

square

#4A8CE9 #E94ADC #E9A74A #4AE957

split-complementary

#4A8CE9 #E9574A #DCE94A

monochromatic

#1450A5 #1B6BDB #4A8CE9 #81AFF0 #B7D1F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4A8CE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4A8CE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CE9

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CE9	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)

#6194ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4885E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.155 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadf0',
    500: '#4a8ce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ce9;
$custom-light: #8dadf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.094,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64136,
    "c": 0.15543,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CE9

secondary

#E6CDA9

accent

#840BDB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CE9

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

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