#4C8BE9#4C8BE9

#4C8BE9 is a light, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.156 H 258.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8BE9
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 233)
HSL	hsl(216, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(216, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 40.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 9.70, -53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 54.37, 280.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0316 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.156 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9158, 25.8822, 80.6523)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8BE9 #E9AA4C

analogous

#4CD9E9 #4C8BE9 #5C4CE9

triadic

#4C8BE9 #E94C8B #8BE94C

tetradic

#4C8BE9 #E94CD9 #E9AA4C #4CE95C

square

#4C8BE9 #E94CD9 #E9AA4C #4CE95C

split-complementary

#4C8BE9 #E95C4C #D9E94C

monochromatic

#144FA6 #1B69DD #4C8BE9 #83AEF0 #B9D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4C8BE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4C8BE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8BE9

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8BE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8BE9	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6093ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4784E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8be9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.156 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8eacf0',
    500: '#4c8be9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8be9;
$custom-light: #8eacf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8be9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.924,
    "s": 78.109,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64002,
    "c": 0.1558,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8BE9

secondary

#E6CEAB

accent

#870BDA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8BE9

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

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