#4C8AE4#4C8AE4

#4C8AE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.150 H 257.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8AE4
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 228)
HSL	hsl(216, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 39.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, 8.57, -51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 52.30, 279.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0317 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.15 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0675, 25.3123, 76.8957)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8AE4 #E4A64C

analogous

#4CD6E4 #4C8AE4 #5A4CE4

triadic

#4C8AE4 #E44C8A #8AE44C

tetradic

#4C8AE4 #E44CD6 #E4A64C #4CE45A

square

#4C8AE4 #E44CD6 #E4A64C #4CE45A

split-complementary

#4C8AE4 #E45A4C #D6E44C

monochromatic

#184E9E #2069D3 #4C8AE4 #81ADEC #B6D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4C8AE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4C8AE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8AE4

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8AE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8AE4	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6191E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8ae4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.150 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dabed',
    500: '#4c8ae4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8ae4;
$custom-light: #8dabed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8ae4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.526,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6349,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8AE4

secondary

#E3CBA8

accent

#A537F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8AE4

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

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