#4A8AE0#4A8AE0

#4A8AE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.146 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8AE0
RGBrgb(74, 138, 224)
HSLhsl(214, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 38.4%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(57.09, 6.87, -49.83)
CIE-LCHlch(57.09, 50.30, 277.85°)
OKLaboklab(63.17% -0.0341 -0.1418)
OKLCHoklch(63.17% 0.146 256.5)
XYZxyz(25.3622, 25.0120, 73.9978)
Luminance0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8AE0 #E0A04A
analogous
#4AD5E0 #4A8AE0 #554AE0
triadic
#4A8AE0 #E04A8A #8AE04A
tetradic
#4A8AE0 #E04AD5 #E0A04A #4AE055
square
#4A8AE0 #E04AD5 #E0A04A #4AE055
split-complementary
#4A8AE0 #E0554A #D5E04A
monochromatic
#1A4F96 #236ACA #4A8AE0 #7EACE9 #B3CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50
#4A8AE0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00
#4A8AE0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AE0
6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8AE0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8AE01.003.506.006.00
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0021.001.001.00
##0000006.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6391E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4D83DE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8ae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.146 256.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabea',
    500: '#4a8ae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8ae0;
$custom-light: #8cabea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8ae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.4,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63173,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8AE0
secondary
#E1C7A5
accent
#A13AEE
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

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#4A8AE0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva