#4C8AE3#4C8AE3

#4C8AE3 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.149 H 257.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AE3
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 8.22, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 51.78, 279.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0319 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.149 257.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9291, 25.2569, 76.1667)
Luminance	0.2526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AE3 #E3A54C

analogous

#4CD6E3 #4C8AE3 #5A4CE3

triadic

#4C8AE3 #E34C8A #8AE34C

tetradic

#4C8AE3 #E34CD6 #E3A54C #4CE35A

square

#4C8AE3 #E34CD6 #E3A54C #4CE35A

split-complementary

#4C8AE3 #E35A4C #D6E34C

monochromatic

#184F9C #2169D1 #4C8AE3 #81ADEB #B6CFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4C8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4C8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AE3

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AE3	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.149 257.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabec',
    500: '#4c8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ae3;
$custom-light: #8dabec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.364,
    "s": 72.947,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63431,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 257.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AE3

secondary

#E3CBA8

accent

#A438F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AE3

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

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