#4A8BD8#4A8BD8

#4A8BD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.135 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BD8
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 216)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 35.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, 3.52, -45.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 45.69, 274.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.037 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.135 254)
XYZ	xyz(24.4468, 24.8765, 68.4657)
Luminance	0.2488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BD8 #D8974A

analogous

#4AD2D8 #4A8BD8 #504AD8

triadic

#4A8BD8 #D84A8B #8BD84A

tetradic

#4A8BD8 #D84AD2 #D8974A #4AD850

square

#4A8BD8 #D84AD2 #D8974A #4AD850

split-complementary

#4A8BD8 #D8504A #D2D84A

monochromatic

#1E4F8A #296CBC #4A8BD8 #7CABE3 #AFCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4A8BD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4A8BD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BD8

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BD8	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5583D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.135 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aace4',
    500: '#4a8bd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bd8;
$custom-light: #8aace4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.535,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62935,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.24879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BD8

secondary

#DCC1A2

accent

#9B40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BD8

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

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