#4A8AD4#4A8AD4

#4A8AD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.130 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8AD4
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 212)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 34.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, 2.74, -44.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 44.16, 273.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.037 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.13 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7918, 24.3839, 65.7273)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8AD4 #D4944A

analogous

#4ACFD4 #4A8AD4 #4F4AD4

triadic

#4A8AD4 #D44A8A #8AD44A

tetradic

#4A8AD4 #D44ACF #D4944A #4AD44F

square

#4A8AD4 #D44ACF #D4944A #4AD44F

split-complementary

#4A8AD4 #D44F4A #CFD44A

monochromatic

#1F4E84 #2B6BB6 #4A8AD4 #7BAAE0 #ADCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4A8AD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4A8AD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AD4

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8AD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8AD4	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A8FD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5681D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.130 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aabe1',
    500: '#4a8ad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ad4;
$custom-light: #8aabe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.174,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8AD4

secondary

#D9BFA0

accent

#9A43E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8AD4

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

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