#4A8AE2#4A8AE2

#4A8AE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.148 H 256.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8AE2
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 38.9%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 7.56, -50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 51.33, 278.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0336 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.148 256.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6350, 25.1212, 75.4346)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8AE2 #E2A24A

analogous

#4AD6E2 #4A8AE2 #564AE2

triadic

#4A8AE2 #E24A8A #8AE24A

tetradic

#4A8AE2 #E24AD6 #E2A24A #4AE256

square

#4A8AE2 #E24AD6 #E2A24A #4AE256

split-complementary

#4A8AE2 #E2564A #D6E24A

monochromatic

#194F99 #216ACE #4A8AE2 #7FACEA #B3CEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4A8AE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4A8AE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AE2

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8AE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8AE2	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6291E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B83E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ae2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.148 256.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabeb',
    500: '#4a8ae2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ae2;
$custom-light: #8cabeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ae2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.737,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.14847,
    "h": 256.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8AE2

secondary

#E2C9A6

accent

#A239EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8AE2

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

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