#4A8BE3#4A8BE3

#4A8BE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.149 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BE3
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 227)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 38.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 7.31, -50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 51.33, 278.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0344 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.149 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9168, 25.4645, 76.2074)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BE3 #E3A24A

analogous

#4AD8E3 #4A8BE3 #564AE3

triadic

#4A8BE3 #E34A8B #8BE34A

tetradic

#4A8BE3 #E34AD8 #E3A24A #4AE356

square

#4A8BE3 #E34AD8 #E3A24A #4AE356

split-complementary

#4A8BE3 #E3564A #D8E34A

monochromatic

#184F9B #206BD0 #4A8BE3 #7FADEB #B4CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#4A8BE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#4A8BE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BE3

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BE3	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6392E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8be3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.149 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacec',
    500: '#4a8be3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8be3;
$custom-light: #8cacec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8be3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.51,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63565,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BE3

secondary

#E2C9A6

accent

#A238F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BE3

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

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