#4A8DEF#4A8DEF

#4A8DEF is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.162 H 258.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DEF
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 239)
HSL	hsl(216, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 41%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.73, 10.29, -55.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.73, 56.50, 280.49°)
OKLab	oklab(64.71% -0.0337 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(64.71% 0.162 258)
XYZ	xyz(27.9233, 26.7347, 85.3333)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DEF #EFAC4A

analogous

#4AE0EF #4A8DEF #5A4AEF

triadic

#4A8DEF #EF4A8D #8DEF4A

tetradic

#4A8DEF #EF4AE0 #EFAC4A #4AEF5A

square

#4A8DEF #EF4AE0 #EFAC4A #4AEF5A

split-complementary

#4A8DEF #EF5A4A #E0EF4A

monochromatic

#0F50AF #146AE7 #4A8DEF #82B0F4 #BAD4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4A8DEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#4A8DEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DEF

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DEF	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F96F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4486ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8def;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.162 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eadf5',
    500: '#4a8def',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8def;
$custom-light: #8eadf5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8def",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.636,
    "s": 83.756,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6471,
    "c": 0.16212,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.26738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DEF

secondary

#E9D0AC

accent

#8705E0

background

#F9FAFF

surface

#F2F4FE

border

#CCCED6

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DEF

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

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