#4C8BE5#4C8BE5

#4C8BE5 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.151 H 257.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BE5
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, 8.32, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 52.29, 279.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.76% -0.0325 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.76% 0.151 257.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3509, 25.6562, 77.6770)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BE5 #E5A64C

analogous

#4CD8E5 #4C8BE5 #5A4CE5

triadic

#4C8BE5 #E54C8B #8BE54C

tetradic

#4C8BE5 #E54CD8 #E5A64C #4CE55A

square

#4C8BE5 #E54CD8 #E5A64C #4CE55A

split-complementary

#4C8BE5 #E55A4C #D8E54C

monochromatic

#174F9F #1F6AD5 #4C8BE5 #81AEED #B7D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4C8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4C8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BE5

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BE5	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6292E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.151 257.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dacee',
    500: '#4c8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8be5;
$custom-light: #8dacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63764,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 257.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BE5

secondary

#E4CCA9

accent

#A437F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BE5

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

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