#4A8BDE#4A8BDE

#4A8BDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.142 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8BDE
RGBrgb(74, 139, 222)
HSLhsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(214, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.26, 5.58, -48.43)
CIE-LCHlch(57.26, 48.75, 276.57°)
OKLaboklab(63.28% -0.0355 -0.1377)
OKLCHoklch(63.28% 0.142 255.5)
XYZxyz(25.2367, 25.1924, 72.6257)
Luminance0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8BDE #DE9D4A
analogous
#4AD5DE #4A8BDE #534ADE
triadic
#4A8BDE #DE4A8B #8BDE4A
tetradic
#4A8BDE #DE4AD5 #DE9D4A #4ADE53
square
#4A8BDE #DE4AD5 #DE9D4A #4ADE53
split-complementary
#4A8BDE #DE534A #D5DE4A
monochromatic
#1B4F93 #246CC7 #4A8BDE #7EACE7 #B2CDF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48
#4A8BDE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04
#4A8BDE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BDE
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8BDE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8BDE1.003.486.046.04
#FFFFFF3.481.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0421.001.001.00
##0000006.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6691E1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5083DC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8bde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.142 255.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace9',
    500: '#4a8bde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8bde;
$custom-light: #8bace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8bde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.649,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63275,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8BDE
secondary
#DFC5A4
accent
#9F3CEC
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FD
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#4A8BDE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva