#4B85E6#4B85E6

#4B85E6 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.159 H 260.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B85E6
RGB	rgb(75, 133, 230)
HSL	hsl(218, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(218, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 42.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, 12.12, -54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 56.12, 282.47°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0274 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.159 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5670, 23.9815, 78.1291)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B85E6 #E6AC4B

analogous

#4BD3E6 #4B85E6 #5E4BE6

triadic

#4B85E6 #E64B85 #85E64B

tetradic

#4B85E6 #E64BD3 #E6AC4B #4BE65E

square

#4B85E6 #E64BD3 #E6AC4B #4BE65E

split-complementary

#4B85E6 #E65E4B #D3E64B

monochromatic

#164AA0 #1E63D6 #4B85E6 #81A9ED #B6CEF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4B85E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4B85E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B85E6

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B85E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B85E6	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D80E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b85e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 133, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.159 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8da8ee',
    500: '#4b85e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b85e6;
$custom-light: #8da8ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b85e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.548,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.625,
    "c": 0.15883,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B85E6

secondary

#E4CEA8

accent

#AC36F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E0F16

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B85E6

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

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