#4A8BDC#4A8BDC

#4A8BDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.140 H 255.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BDC
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 36.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 4.89, -47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 47.73, 275.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.036 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.14 255.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9702, 25.0859, 71.2224)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BDC #DC9B4A

analogous

#4AD4DC #4A8BDC #524ADC

triadic

#4A8BDC #DC4A8B #8BDC4A

tetradic

#4A8BDC #DC4AD4 #DC9B4A #4ADC52

square

#4A8BDC #DC4AD4 #DC9B4A #4ADC52

split-complementary

#4A8BDC #DC524A #D4DC4A

monochromatic

#1C4F90 #266CC3 #4A8BDC #7DACE6 #B1CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4A8BDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4A8BDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BDC

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BDC	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6791DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5283DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.140 255.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace7',
    500: '#4a8bdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bdc;
$custom-light: #8bace7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.288,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63161,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 255.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BDC

secondary

#DEC4A4

accent

#9D3DEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BDC

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

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