#4A8DEC#4A8DEC

#4A8DEC is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.158 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DEC
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 236)
HSL	hsl(215, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 40.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, 9.24, -54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 54.94, 279.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0343 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.158 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4837, 26.5589, 83.0186)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DEC #ECA94A

analogous

#4ADEEC #4A8DEC #584AEC

triadic

#4A8DEC #EC4A8D #8DEC4A

tetradic

#4A8DEC #EC4ADE #ECA94A #4AEC58

square

#4A8DEC #EC4ADE #ECA94A #4AEC58

split-complementary

#4A8DEC #EC584A #DEEC4A

monochromatic

#1251AA #186BE1 #4A8DEC #81B0F2 #B9D3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4A8DEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4A8DEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DEC

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DEC	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6195F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4786EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.158 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf2',
    500: '#4a8dec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dec;
$custom-light: #8eadf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.185,
    "s": 81,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64529,
    "c": 0.15823,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DEC

secondary

#E8CEAA

accent

#8508DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DEC

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

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