#4C8AE2#4C8AE2

#4C8AE2 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.148 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AE2
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 66%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.27, 7.88, -50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.27, 51.25, 278.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0322 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.148 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7915, 25.2019, 75.4420)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AE2 #E2A44C

analogous

#4CD5E2 #4C8AE2 #594CE2

triadic

#4C8AE2 #E24C8A #8AE24C

tetradic

#4C8AE2 #E24CD5 #E2A44C #4CE259

square

#4C8AE2 #E24CD5 #E2A44C #4CE259

split-complementary

#4C8AE2 #E2594C #D5E24C

monochromatic

#194F9B #2269CF #4C8AE2 #81ACEB #B5CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4C8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4C8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AE2

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AE2	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.148 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabeb',
    500: '#4c8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ae2;
$custom-light: #8dabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.2,
    "s": 72.115,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63372,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AE2

secondary

#E2CAA8

accent

#A439EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AE2

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

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