#4A8DEE#4A8DEE

#4A8DEE is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.161 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DEE
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 238)
HSL	hsl(215, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 40.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, 9.94, -55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 55.98, 280.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.65% -0.0339 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(64.65% 0.161 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7759, 26.6757, 84.5574)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DEE #EEAB4A

analogous

#4ADFEE #4A8DEE #594AEE

triadic

#4A8DEE #EE4A8D #8DEE4A

tetradic

#4A8DEE #EE4ADF #EEAB4A #4AEE59

square

#4A8DEE #EE4ADF #EEAB4A #4AEE59

split-complementary

#4A8DEE #EE594A #DFEE4A

monochromatic

#1050AD #166AE5 #4A8DEE #82B0F3 #BAD3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4A8DEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4A8DEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DEE

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DEE	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F95F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4586EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.161 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf4',
    500: '#4a8dee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dee;
$custom-light: #8eadf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.488,
    "s": 82.828,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6465,
    "c": 0.16083,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DEE

secondary

#E9D0AB

accent

#8706DF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DEE

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

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