#4A8BD0#4A8BD0

#4A8BD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8BD0
RGBrgb(74, 139, 208)
HSLhsl(211, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(211, 64%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(64.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(56.56, 0.79, -41.69)
CIE-LCHlch(56.56, 41.70, 271.09°)
OKLaboklab(62.49% -0.0391 -0.118)
OKLCHoklch(62.49% 0.124 251.7)
XYZxyz(23.4377, 24.4728, 63.1508)
Luminance0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8BD0 #D08F4A
analogous
#4ACED0 #4A8BD0 #4C4AD0
triadic
#4A8BD0 #D04A8B #8BD04A
tetradic
#4A8BD0 #D04ACE #D08F4A #4AD04C
square
#4A8BD0 #D04ACE #D08F4A #4AD04C
split-complementary
#4A8BD0 #D04C4A #CED04A
monochromatic
#214E7F #2E6CAF #4A8BD0 #7BAADD #ABC9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56
#4A8BD0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90
#4A8BD0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BD0
5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8BD0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8BD01.003.565.905.90
#FFFFFF3.561.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9021.001.001.00
##0000005.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D8FD3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B82CF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009BA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 251.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acde',
    500: '#4a8bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8bd0;
$custom-light: #89acde;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.896,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62494,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8BD0
secondary
#D7BC9F
accent
#9646E2
background
#F9FAFD
surface
#F1F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0D1015
muted
#7E7F83

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#4A8BD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva