#4A8BE0#4A8BE0

#4A8BE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.145 H 256.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BE0
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 37.9%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.37, 6.27, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.37, 49.78, 277.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0351 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.145 256)
XYZ	xyz(25.5063, 25.3003, 74.0458)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BE0 #E09F4A

analogous

#4AD6E0 #4A8BE0 #544AE0

triadic

#4A8BE0 #E04A8B #8BE04A

tetradic

#4A8BE0 #E04AD6 #E09F4A #4AE054

square

#4A8BE0 #E04AD6 #E09F4A #4AE054

split-complementary

#4A8BE0 #E0544A #D6E04A

monochromatic

#1A5096 #236BCA #4A8BE0 #7EACE9 #B3CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4A8BE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4A8BE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BE0

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BE0	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6591E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F83DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8be0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.145 256.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacea',
    500: '#4a8be0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8be0;
$custom-light: #8cacea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8be0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6339,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 256
  },
  "luminance": 0.25303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BE0

secondary

#E1C7A5

accent

#A03AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BE0

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

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