#4A8BD9#4A8BD9

#4A8BD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.136 H 254.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BD9
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 217)
HSL	hsl(213, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 35.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.01, 3.86, -46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.01, 46.20, 274.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0367 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.136 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5765, 24.9284, 69.1486)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BD9 #D9984A

analogous

#4AD3D9 #4A8BD9 #504AD9

triadic

#4A8BD9 #D94A8B #8BD94A

tetradic

#4A8BD9 #D94AD3 #D9984A #4AD950

square

#4A8BD9 #D94AD3 #D9984A #4AD950

split-complementary

#4A8BD9 #D9504A #D3D94A

monochromatic

#1D4F8B #286CBE #4A8BD9 #7DABE4 #AFCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4A8BD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4A8BD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BD9

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BD9	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6990DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5483D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.136 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace5',
    500: '#4a8bd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bd9;
$custom-light: #8bace5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62991,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BD9

secondary

#DCC2A2

accent

#9C40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BD9

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

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