#4A8CD1#4A8CD1

#4A8CD1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.125 H 251.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CD1
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 209)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 33%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, 0.54, -41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 41.73, 270.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0398 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.125 251.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7065, 24.8131, 63.8493)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CD1 #D18F4A

analogous

#4ACFD1 #4A8CD1 #4C4AD1

triadic

#4A8CD1 #D14A8C #8CD14A

tetradic

#4A8CD1 #D14ACF #D18F4A #4AD14C

square

#4A8CD1 #D14ACF #D18F4A #4AD14C

split-complementary

#4A8CD1 #D14C4A #CFD14A

monochromatic

#214F80 #2D6DB1 #4A8CD1 #7BABDD #ACCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4A8CD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4A8CD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD1

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CD1	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E90D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B83D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cd1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.125 251.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89addf',
    500: '#4a8cd1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cd1;
$custom-light: #89addf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cd1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62773,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 251.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CD1

secondary

#D8BC9F

accent

#9645E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD1

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

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