#4A8ADC#4A8ADC

#4A8ADC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.141 H 255.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ADC
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 220)
HSL	hsl(214, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 37.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 5.49, -47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 48.24, 276.53°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.035 -0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.141 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.8261, 24.7976, 71.1743)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ADC #DC9C4A

analogous

#4AD3DC #4A8ADC #534ADC

triadic

#4A8ADC #DC4A8A #8ADC4A

tetradic

#4A8ADC #DC4AD3 #DC9C4A #4ADC53

square

#4A8ADC #DC4AD3 #DC9C4A #4ADC53

split-complementary

#4A8ADC #DC534A #D3DC4A

monochromatic

#1C4F90 #266BC3 #4A8ADC #7DABE6 #B1CCF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4A8ADC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4A8ADC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ADC

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ADC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ADC	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6590DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5082DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8adc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.141 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8babe7',
    500: '#4a8adc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8adc;
$custom-light: #8babe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8adc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.699,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62941,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ADC

secondary

#DEC5A4

accent

#9F3DEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ADC

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

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