#4A8CD0#4A8CD0

#4A8CD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CD0
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 208)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 32.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 0.20, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 41.24, 270.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0401 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.123 251)
XYZ	xyz(23.5831, 24.7637, 63.1993)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CD0 #D08E4A

analogous

#4ACFD0 #4A8CD0 #4B4AD0

triadic

#4A8CD0 #D04A8C #8CD04A

tetradic

#4A8CD0 #D04ACF #D08E4A #4AD04B

square

#4A8CD0 #D04ACF #D08E4A #4AD04B

split-complementary

#4A8CD0 #D04B4A #CFD04A

monochromatic

#214F7F #2E6DAF #4A8CD0 #7BABDD #ABCAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4A8CD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4A8CD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD0

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CD0	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C83CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89adde',
    500: '#4a8cd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cd0;
$custom-light: #89adde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.448,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62719,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.24766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CD0

secondary

#D7BB9F

accent

#9546E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD0

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

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