#4A8BD5#4A8BD5

#4A8BD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.131 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BD5
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 213)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 34.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, 2.49, -44.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 44.18, 273.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0378 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.131 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0625, 24.7228, 66.4418)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BD5 #D5944A

analogous

#4AD1D5 #4A8BD5 #4F4AD5

triadic

#4A8BD5 #D54A8B #8BD54A

tetradic

#4A8BD5 #D54AD1 #D5944A #4AD54F

square

#4A8BD5 #D54AD1 #D5944A #4AD54F

split-complementary

#4A8BD5 #D54F4A #D1D54A

monochromatic

#1F4F86 #2B6CB7 #4A8BD5 #7CABE1 #ADCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4A8BD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4A8BD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BD5

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BD5	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B90D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5782D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.131 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace2',
    500: '#4a8bd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bd5;
$custom-light: #8aace2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.942,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62768,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BD5

secondary

#DABFA1

accent

#9942E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BD5

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

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