#4C8BE4#4C8BE4

#4C8BE4 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.149 H 257.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BE4
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 228)
HSL	hsl(215, 74%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 39%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, 7.97, -51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 51.77, 278.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0327 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.149 257.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2116, 25.6005, 76.9438)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BE4 #E4A54C

analogous

#4CD7E4 #4C8BE4 #594CE4

triadic

#4C8BE4 #E44C8B #8BE44C

tetradic

#4C8BE4 #E44CD7 #E4A54C #4CE459

square

#4C8BE4 #E44CD7 #E4A54C #4CE459

split-complementary

#4C8BE4 #E4594C #D7E44C

monochromatic

#184F9E #206AD3 #4C8BE4 #81ADEC #B6D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4C8BE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4C8BE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BE4

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BE4	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8be4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.149 257.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daced',
    500: '#4c8be4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8be4;
$custom-light: #8daced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8be4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.132,
    "s": 73.786,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63706,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 257.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BE4

secondary

#E3CBA8

accent

#A437F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BE4

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

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