#4A8AE3#4A8AE3

#4A8AE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.150 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8AE3
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 39.2%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, 7.91, -51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 51.85, 278.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0334 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.15 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7726, 25.1762, 76.1594)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8AE3 #E3A34A

analogous

#4AD7E3 #4A8AE3 #574AE3

triadic

#4A8AE3 #E34A8A #8AE34A

tetradic

#4A8AE3 #E34AD7 #E3A34A #4AE357

square

#4A8AE3 #E34AD7 #E3A34A #4AE357

split-complementary

#4A8AE3 #E3574A #D7E34A

monochromatic

#184F9B #206AD0 #4A8AE3 #7FACEB #B4CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4A8AE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4A8AE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AE3

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8AE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8AE3	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6191E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A83E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ae3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.150 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cabec',
    500: '#4a8ae3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ae3;
$custom-light: #8cabec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ae3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.902,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.14977,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8AE3

secondary

#E2C9A6

accent

#A338F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8AE3

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

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