#4A8CD3#4A8CD3

#4A8CD3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.127 H 252.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CD3
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 211)
HSL	hsl(211, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.9%, 33.6%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, 1.22, -42.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 42.71, 271.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0393 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.127 252)
XYZ	xyz(23.9557, 24.9128, 65.1616)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CD3 #D3914A

analogous

#4AD0D3 #4A8CD3 #4C4AD3

triadic

#4A8CD3 #D34A8C #8CD34A

tetradic

#4A8CD3 #D34AD0 #D3914A #4AD34C

square

#4A8CD3 #D34AD0 #D3914A #4AD34C

split-complementary

#4A8CD3 #D34C4A #D0D34A

monochromatic

#204F83 #2C6DB4 #4A8CD3 #7BABDF #ACCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4A8CD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4A8CD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD3

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CD3	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A83D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cd3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.127 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade1',
    500: '#4a8cd3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cd3;
$custom-light: #8aade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cd3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.095,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62881,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.24915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CD3

secondary

#D9BDA0

accent

#9744E4

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD3

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

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