#4A8BDD#4A8BDD

#4A8BDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.141 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BDD
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 37.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, 5.24, -47.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 48.24, 276.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.0358 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.141 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1031, 25.1390, 71.9220)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BDD #DD9C4A

analogous

#4AD5DD #4A8BDD #524ADD

triadic

#4A8BDD #DD4A8B #8BDD4A

tetradic

#4A8BDD #DD4AD5 #DD9C4A #4ADD52

square

#4A8BDD #DD4AD5 #DD9C4A #4ADD52

split-complementary

#4A8BDD #DD524A #D5DD4A

monochromatic

#1B4F91 #256CC5 #4A8BDD #7EACE7 #B1CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4A8BDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4A8BDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BDD

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BDD	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6691E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5183DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.141 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace8',
    500: '#4a8bdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bdd;
$custom-light: #8bace8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.469,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63218,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BDD

secondary

#DFC5A4

accent

#9E3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BDD

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

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