#4A8CEF#4A8CEF

#4A8CEF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.163 H 258.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CEF
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 41.4%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, 10.89, -55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 57.04, 281.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% -0.0328 -0.1599)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.163 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7765, 26.4411, 85.2844)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CEF #EFAD4A

analogous

#4ADFEF #4A8CEF #5B4AEF

triadic

#4A8CEF #EF4A8C #8CEF4A

tetradic

#4A8CEF #EF4ADF #EFAD4A #4AEF5B

square

#4A8CEF #EF4ADF #EFAD4A #4AEF5B

split-complementary

#4A8CEF #EF5B4A #DFEF4A

monochromatic

#0F4FAF #1469E7 #4A8CEF #82B0F4 #BAD3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4A8CEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#4A8CEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CEF

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CEF	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D95F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4285ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.163 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf5',
    500: '#4a8cef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cef;
$custom-light: #8eadf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 83.756,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64497,
    "c": 0.16321,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CEF

secondary

#E9D1AC

accent

#8905E0

background

#F9FAFF

surface

#F2F4FE

border

#CCCED6

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CEF

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