#4C8AE1#4C8AE1

#4C8AE1 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.146 H 257.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AE1
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 225)
HSL	hsl(215, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 38.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, 7.53, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 50.73, 278.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0324 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.146 257.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6547, 25.1471, 74.7214)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AE1 #E1A34C

analogous

#4CD4E1 #4C8AE1 #594CE1

triadic

#4C8AE1 #E14C8A #8AE14C

tetradic

#4C8AE1 #E14CD4 #E1A34C #4CE159

square

#4C8AE1 #E14CD4 #E1A34C #4CE159

split-complementary

#4C8AE1 #E1594C #D4E14C

monochromatic

#1A4F99 #226ACD #4C8AE1 #80ACEA #B5CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4C8AE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4C8AE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AE1

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AE1	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6391E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ae1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.146 257.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabeb',
    500: '#4c8ae1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ae1;
$custom-light: #8dabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ae1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.034,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63314,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 257.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AE1

secondary

#E2C9A7

accent

#A33AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AE1

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

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