#4A8BDB#4A8BDB

#4A8BDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.138 H 254.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BDB
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 219)
HSL	hsl(213, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 36.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, 4.55, -47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 47.22, 275.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0363 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.138 254.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.8382, 25.0331, 70.5270)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BDB #DB9A4A

analogous

#4AD4DB #4A8BDB #514ADB

triadic

#4A8BDB #DB4A8B #8BDB4A

tetradic

#4A8BDB #DB4AD4 #DB9A4A #4ADB51

square

#4A8BDB #DB4AD4 #DB9A4A #4ADB51

split-complementary

#4A8BDB #DB514A #D4DB4A

monochromatic

#1C4F8E #266CC1 #4A8BDB #7DACE5 #B0CCEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4A8BDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4A8BDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BDB

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BDB	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6891DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5383D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.138 254.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace6',
    500: '#4a8bdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bdb;
$custom-light: #8bace6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.103,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63104,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 254.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BDB

secondary

#DEC3A3

accent

#9D3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BDB

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

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