#4A8BE5#4A8BE5

#4A8BE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.151 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BE5
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 229)
HSL	hsl(215, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 39.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, 8.00, -51.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 52.36, 278.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0339 -0.1474)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.151 257)
XYZ	xyz(26.1944, 25.5755, 77.6696)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BE5 #E5A44A

analogous

#4AD8E5 #4A8BE5 #574AE5

triadic

#4A8BE5 #E54A8B #8BE54A

tetradic

#4A8BE5 #E54AD8 #E5A44A #4AE557

square

#4A8BE5 #E54AD8 #E5A44A #4AE557

split-complementary

#4A8BE5 #E5574A #D8E54A

monochromatic

#174F9E #1E6AD3 #4A8BE5 #80ADED #B5D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4A8BE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4A8BE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BE5

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BE5	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6292E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A84E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8be5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.151 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cacee',
    500: '#4a8be5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8be5;
$custom-light: #8cacee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8be5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.839,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.25578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BE5

secondary

#E4CAA7

accent

#A336F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BE5

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

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