#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
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 222)
HSL	hsl(214, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 37.4%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, 5.58, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 48.75, 276.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.0355 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.142 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2367, 25.1924, 72.6257)
Luminance	0.2520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4A8BDE	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A8BDE

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

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