Blue
#4F86E0
#4F86E0 is a blue with high intensity, at step 500 of its 50–950 scale. Dark text on it has a contrast of 5.2:1. On white it reaches only 3.6:1, so use a darker shade for text.
#4F86E0 shades and tints
Eleven steps from 50 to 950 with #4F86E0 kept exactly at step 500. Lightness steps are even to the eye, and intensity tapers toward the lightest and darkest steps.
- 50 F2F7FF
- 100 E0ECFF
- 200 C4DBFF
- 300 9AC1FF
- 400 6CA3FC
- 500 4F86E0
- 600 356AC1
- 700 2051A2
- 800 0D3B83
- 900 002664
- 950 00153E
Tailwind CSS v4 theme
@theme { --color-blue-50: #f2f7ff; --color-blue-100: #e0ecff; --color-blue-200: #c4dbff; --color-blue-300: #9ac1ff; --color-blue-400: #6ca3fc; --color-blue-500: #4f86e0; --color-blue-600: #356ac1; --color-blue-700: #2051a2; --color-blue-800: #0d3b83; --color-blue-900: #002664; --color-blue-950: #00153e;}Is #4F86E0 readable?
Contrast for text on #4F86E0 and for #4F86E0 used as text. WCAG 2.2 asks for 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text; APCA Lc rates how comfortable the text is to read.
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
White text on it
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 69 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
Dark text on it
AA · 5.2APCA Lc 40 · Placeholders and disabled text
- AaThe quick brown foxClosest readable: #3F75CE · 4.5:1 Check in contrast tool
As text on white
Large · 3.6APCA Lc 63 · Content text 16px and up
- AaThe quick brown foxCheck in contrast tool
As text on a dark background
AA · 5.2APCA Lc 38 · Placeholders and disabled text
Color palettes with #4F86E0
Six palettes built around #4F86E0, each starting from the exact color. Open one in the palette tool to adjust it or get more options.
- Analogous#4F86E0 · #927EC6 · #00B4E1 · #ECC6F8 · #262B33
- Complementary#4F86E0 · #E9A12A · #D9AA20 · #DEEBFF · #282A30
- Split complementary#4F86E0 · #C87C4B · #D8B500 · #B8D9FF · #1B202C
- Triadic#4F86E0 · #B66E6C · #58C04B · #CBDDFF · #2D3137
- Tetradic#4F86E0 · #D986A7 · #E5B04A · #8CF0D7 · #1B2431
- Monochromatic#4F86E0 · #5A8DCC · #95B8FF · #D4E5FF · #21252A
#4F86E0 as a brand color
What a UI color system built from #4F86E0 looks like: brand, neutral and status scales, with light and dark tokens that pass WCAG.
Brand
- Brand 50, #F2F7FF
- Brand 100, #E0ECFF
- Brand 200, #C4DBFF
- Brand 300, #9AC1FF
- Brand 400, #6CA3FC
- Brand 500, #4F86E0
- Brand 600, #356AC1
- Brand 700, #2051A2
- Brand 800, #0D3B83
- Brand 900, #002664
- Brand 950, #00153E
Neutral
- Neutral 50, #F9FAFB
- Neutral 100, #F3F4F6
- Neutral 200, #E3E5E8
- Neutral 300, #D1D4D9
- Neutral 400, #9DA1A8
- Neutral 500, #6F747B
- Neutral 600, #50545C
- Neutral 700, #3C4147
- Neutral 800, #24282E
- Neutral 900, #15181E
- Neutral 950, #070A0F
Success
- Success 50, #E3FFEE
- Success 100, #B4FFD6
- Success 200, #90F1BF
- Success 300, #6BD9A2
- Success 400, #40BD85
- Success 500, #00A26A
- Success 600, #008254
- Success 700, #006641
- Success 800, #004D30
- Success 900, #003520
- Success 950, #001F10
Warning
- Warning 50, #FFF5EB
- Warning 100, #FFE7CE
- Warning 200, #FFCF9D
- Warning 300, #FDAB47
- Warning 400, #ED9400
- Warning 500, #BD7500
- Warning 600, #995E00
- Warning 700, #784900
- Warning 800, #5B3600
- Warning 900, #402400
- Warning 950, #261300
Danger
- Danger 50, #FFF4F3
- Danger 100, #FFE4E2
- Danger 200, #FFCAC7
- Danger 300, #FFA29F
- Danger 400, #FF6D6F
- Danger 500, #E1263C
- Danger 600, #CD002D
- Danger 700, #A20022
- Danger 800, #7C0017
- Danger 900, #58000E
- Danger 950, #360005
Info
- Info 50, #F1F7FF
- Info 100, #DEEDFF
- Info 200, #BEDCFF
- Info 300, #90C4FF
- Info 400, #55A6FF
- Info 500, #2881DA
- Info 600, #0C6EC4
- Info 700, #00559D
- Info 800, #004078
- Info 900, #002B55
- Info 950, #001834
- Primary buttons use Brand 500 with neutral 950 text, at 5.5:1.
- In dark mode primary stays Brand 500: it already reads on the dark background at 5.5:1.
- Neutrals carry a hint of its hue, so grays, borders and surfaces feel related to the brand.
- Success, warning, danger and info lean toward its hue and stay easy to tell apart.
Colors related to #4F86E0
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