#4A8BD3#4A8BD3

#4A8BD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.128 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BD3
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 211)
HSL	hsl(212, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 1.81, -43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 43.18, 272.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% -0.0383 -0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.128 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8102, 24.6219, 65.1131)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BD3 #D3924A

analogous

#4ACFD3 #4A8BD3 #4D4AD3

triadic

#4A8BD3 #D34A8B #8BD34A

tetradic

#4A8BD3 #D34ACF #D3924A #4AD34D

square

#4A8BD3 #D34ACF #D3924A #4AD34D

split-complementary

#4A8BD3 #D34D4A #CFD34A

monochromatic

#204F83 #2C6CB4 #4A8BD3 #7BABDF #ACCAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4A8BD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4A8BD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BD3

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BD3	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C8FD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5982D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.128 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace1',
    500: '#4a8bd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bd3;
$custom-light: #8aace1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.533,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62658,
    "c": 0.12814,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BD3

secondary

#D9BEA0

accent

#9844E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BD3

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

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