#4A8BDF#4A8BDF

#4A8BDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.144 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BDF
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 223)
HSL	hsl(214, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 37.7%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, 5.93, -48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 49.27, 276.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0353 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.144 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3711, 25.2462, 73.3337)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BDF #DF9E4A

analogous

#4AD5DF #4A8BDF #544ADF

triadic

#4A8BDF #DF4A8B #8BDF4A

tetradic

#4A8BDF #DF4AD5 #DF9E4A #4ADF54

square

#4A8BDF #DF4AD5 #DF9E4A #4ADF54

split-complementary

#4A8BDF #DF544A #D5DF4A

monochromatic

#1A5094 #236BC8 #4A8BDF #7EACE8 #B2CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4A8BDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#4A8BDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BDF

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BDF	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.144 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bace9',
    500: '#4a8bdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bdf;
$custom-light: #8bace9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.826,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63333,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BDF

secondary

#E0C6A5

accent

#9F3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BDF

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

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