#4A8BE1#4A8BE1

#4A8BE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.146 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BE1
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 38.2%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, 6.62, -49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 50.29, 277.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.0348 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.146 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6423, 25.3547, 74.7621)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BE1 #E1A04A

analogous

#4AD7E1 #4A8BE1 #544AE1

triadic

#4A8BE1 #E14A8B #8BE14A

tetradic

#4A8BE1 #E14AD7 #E1A04A #4AE154

square

#4A8BE1 #E14AD7 #E1A04A #4AE154

split-complementary

#4A8BE1 #E1544A #D7E14A

monochromatic

#195097 #226BCC #4A8BE1 #7EADEA #B3CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4A8BE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4A8BE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BE1

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BE1	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6492E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E83DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8be1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.146 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caceb',
    500: '#4a8be1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8be1;
$custom-light: #8caceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8be1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.172,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63448,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BE1

secondary

#E1C8A6

accent

#A039EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BE1

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

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