#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
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 210)
HSL	hsl(211, 60%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, 0.88, -42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 42.22, 271.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0396 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.126 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8307, 24.8628, 64.5034)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4A8CD2	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD2

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

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