#4A8BDA#4A8BDA

#4A8BDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.137 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BDA
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 218)
HSL	hsl(213, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 36.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 4.20, -46.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 46.71, 275.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0365 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.137 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7069, 24.9806, 69.8357)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BDA #DA994A

analogous

#4AD3DA #4A8BDA #514ADA

triadic

#4A8BDA #DA4A8B #8BDA4A

tetradic

#4A8BDA #DA4AD3 #DA994A #4ADA51

square

#4A8BDA #DA4AD3 #DA994A #4ADA51

split-complementary

#4A8BDA #DA514A #D3DA4A

monochromatic

#1D4F8D #276CC0 #4A8BDA #7DACE4 #B0CCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4A8BDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4A8BDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BDA

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BDA	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6890DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.137 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace6',
    500: '#4a8bda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bda;
$custom-light: #8bace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.917,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BDA

secondary

#DDC3A3

accent

#9C3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BDA

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

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