#4A8CD2#4A8CD2

#4A8CD2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.126 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8CD2
RGBrgb(74, 140, 210)
HSLhsl(211, 60%, 56%)
HSVhsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(64.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LABlab(56.94, 0.88, -42.21)
CIE-LCHlch(56.94, 42.22, 271.20°)
OKLaboklab(62.83% -0.0396 -0.1195)
OKLCHoklch(62.83% 0.126 251.7)
XYZxyz(23.8307, 24.8628, 64.5034)
Luminance0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8CD2 #D2904A
analogous
#4AD0D2 #4A8CD2 #4C4AD2
triadic
#4A8CD2 #D24A8C #8CD24A
tetradic
#4A8CD2 #D24AD0 #D2904A #4AD24C
square
#4A8CD2 #D24AD0 #D2904A #4AD24C
split-complementary
#4A8CD2 #D24C4A #D0D24A
monochromatic
#204F81 #2C6DB2 #4A8CD2 #7BABDE #ACCAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52
#4A8CD2 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97
#4A8CD2 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD2
5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8CD2#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8CD21.003.525.975.97
#FFFFFF3.521.0021.0021.00
#0000005.9721.001.001.00
##0000005.9721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6E90D5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5B83D1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009CA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8cd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.126 251.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ade0',
    500: '#4a8cd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8cd2;
$custom-light: #89ade0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8cd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.882,
    "s": 60.177,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62827,
    "c": 0.12592,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8CD2
secondary
#D8BDA0
accent
#9644E3
background
#F9FAFD
surface
#F1F4FB
border
#CBCED4
text
#0D1015
muted
#7E7F83

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#4A8CD2 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva