#4A8BE2#4A8BE2

#4A8BE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.147 H 256.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8BE2
RGBrgb(74, 139, 226)
HSLhsl(214, 72%, 59%)
HSVhsv(214, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.3%, 38.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(57.47, 6.96, -50.33)
CIE-LCHlch(57.47, 50.81, 277.88°)
OKLaboklab(63.51% -0.0346 -0.1433)
OKLCHoklch(63.51% 0.147 256.4)
XYZxyz(25.7791, 25.4094, 75.4827)
Luminance0.2541 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8BE2 #E2A14A
analogous
#4AD7E2 #4A8BE2 #554AE2
triadic
#4A8BE2 #E24A8B #8BE24A
tetradic
#4A8BE2 #E24AD7 #E2A14A #4AE255
square
#4A8BE2 #E24AD7 #E2A14A #4AE255
split-complementary
#4A8BE2 #E2554A #D7E24A
monochromatic
#194F99 #216BCE #4A8BE2 #7FADEA #B3CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45
#4A8BE2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08
#4A8BE2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BE2
6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8BE2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8BE21.003.456.086.08
#FFFFFF3.451.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0821.001.001.00
##0000006.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6492E5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4D84E0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009FAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8be2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.147 256.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caceb',
    500: '#4a8be2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8be2;
$custom-light: #8caceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8be2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.342,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.14741,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8BE2
secondary
#E2C8A6
accent
#A139EF
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

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#4A8BE2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva