#4D74E6#4D74E6

#4D74E6 is a mid, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.178 H 266.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D74E6
RGB	rgb(77, 116, 230)
HSL	hsl(225, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(225, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 49.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, 22.87, -61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 66.07, 290.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0102 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.178 266.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5839, 19.7795, 77.4225)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D74E6 #E6BF4D

analogous

#4DC0E6 #4D74E6 #734DE6

triadic

#4D74E6 #E64D74 #74E64D

tetradic

#4D74E6 #E64DC0 #E6BF4D #4DE673

square

#4D74E6 #E64DC0 #E6BF4D #4DE673

split-complementary

#4D74E6 #E6734D #C0E64D

monochromatic

#173AA2 #1E4DD8 #4D74E6 #839EEE #B8C8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#4D74E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#4D74E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4D74E6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D74E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4D74E6	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3382EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0074E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008FA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d74e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 116, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.178 266.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f9bef',
    500: '#4d74e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d74e6;
$custom-light: #8f9bef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d74e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.706,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59087,
    "c": 0.1781,
    "h": 266.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D74E6

secondary

#E5D6AA

accent

#A40ED8

background

#F9F9FE

surface

#F2F2FD

border

#CCCCD5

text

#0E0E16

muted

#7E7E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D74E6

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

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