#4A8CEE#4A8CEE

#4A8CEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.162 H 258.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CEE
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 238)
HSL	hsl(216, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 41.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, 10.54, -55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 56.52, 280.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.033 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.162 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6292, 26.3822, 84.5085)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CEE #EEAC4A

analogous

#4ADEEE #4A8CEE #5A4AEE

triadic

#4A8CEE #EE4A8C #8CEE4A

tetradic

#4A8CEE #EE4ADE #EEAC4A #4AEE5A

square

#4A8CEE #EE4ADE #EEAC4A #4AEE5A

split-complementary

#4A8CEE #EE5A4A #DEEE4A

monochromatic

#104FAD #1669E5 #4A8CEE #82B0F3 #BAD3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4A8CEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4A8CEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CEE

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CEE	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E95F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4385EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.162 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf4',
    500: '#4a8cee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cee;
$custom-light: #8eadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.854,
    "s": 82.828,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64436,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CEE

secondary

#E9D0AB

accent

#8806DF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CEE

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

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