#4B74AE#4B74AE

#4B74AE is a mid, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.102 H 257.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B74AE
RGB	rgb(75, 116, 174)
HSL	hsl(215, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(215, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 33.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.31, 3.31, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.31, 35.37, 275.37°)
OKLab	oklab(55.51% -0.0226 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(55.51% 0.102 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7844, 17.0413, 42.4410)
Luminance	0.1704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B74AE #AE854B

analogous

#4BA6AE #4B74AE #544BAE

triadic

#4B74AE #AE4B74 #74AE4B

tetradic

#4B74AE #AE4BA6 #AE854B #4BAE54

square

#4B74AE #AE4BA6 #AE854B #4BAE54

split-complementary

#4B74AE #AE544B #A6AE4B

monochromatic

#263B58 #395783 #4B74AE #7394C3 #9EB5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#4B74AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#4B74AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B74AE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B74AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B74AE	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C78B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b74ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 116, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.102 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#859bc6',
    500: '#4b74ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b74ae;
$custom-light: #859bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b74ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.152,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5551,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B74AE

secondary

#C2AE93

accent

#9E58D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B74AE

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

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