#4B85E1#4B85E1

#4B85E1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.152 H 259.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B85E1
RGB	rgb(75, 133, 225)
HSL	hsl(217, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(217, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 40.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, 10.38, -52.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 53.46, 281.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0283 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.152 259.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8749, 23.7047, 74.4841)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B85E1 #E1A74B

analogous

#4BD0E1 #4B85E1 #5C4BE1

triadic

#4B85E1 #E14B85 #85E14B

tetradic

#4B85E1 #E14BD0 #E1A74B #4BE15C

square

#4B85E1 #E14BD0 #E1A74B #4BE15C

split-complementary

#4B85E1 #E15C4B #D0E14B

monochromatic

#194A98 #2264CD #4B85E1 #7FA9EA #B4CCF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4B85E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4B85E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B85E1

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B85E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B85E1	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A8DE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#437FDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b85e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 133, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.152 259.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ca8eb',
    500: '#4b85e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b85e1;
$custom-light: #8ca8eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b85e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.8,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62195,
    "c": 0.15222,
    "h": 259.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B85E1

secondary

#E1CBA6

accent

#A83AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B85E1

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

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