#4A8BD2#4A8BD2

#4A8BD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.127 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8BD2
RGBrgb(74, 139, 210)
HSLhsl(211, 60%, 56%)
HSVhsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 33.8%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(56.66, 1.47, -42.66)
CIE-LCHlch(56.66, 42.69, 271.97°)
OKLaboklab(62.6% -0.0386 -0.1209)
OKLCHoklch(62.6% 0.127 252.3)
XYZxyz(23.6853, 24.5719, 64.4549)
Luminance0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8BD2 #D2914A
analogous
#4ACFD2 #4A8BD2 #4D4AD2
triadic
#4A8BD2 #D24A8B #8BD24A
tetradic
#4A8BD2 #D24ACF #D2914A #4AD24D
square
#4A8BD2 #D24ACF #D2914A #4AD24D
split-complementary
#4A8BD2 #D24D4A #CFD24A
monochromatic
#204F81 #2C6CB2 #4A8BD2 #7BAADE #ACCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55
#4A8BD2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91
#4A8BD2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BD2
5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8BD2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8BD21.003.555.915.91
#FFFFFF3.551.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9121.001.001.00
##0000005.9121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6C8FD5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5982D1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009BA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8bd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.127 252.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ace0',
    500: '#4a8bd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8bd2;
$custom-light: #89ace0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8bd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.324,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62603,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8BD2
secondary
#D8BDA0
accent
#9744E3
background
#F9FAFD
surface
#F1F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0D1015
muted
#7E7F83

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#4A8BD2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva