#4A8CD4#4A8CD4

#4A8CD4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.128 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CD4
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 212)
HSL	hsl(211, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 34%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, 1.56, -43.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 43.21, 272.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.039 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.128 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0814, 24.9631, 65.8238)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CD4 #D4924A

analogous

#4AD1D4 #4A8CD4 #4D4AD4

triadic

#4A8CD4 #D44A8C #8CD44A

tetradic

#4A8CD4 #D44AD1 #D4924A #4AD44D

square

#4A8CD4 #D44AD1 #D4924A #4AD44D

split-complementary

#4A8CD4 #D44D4A #D1D44A

monochromatic

#1F5084 #2B6DB6 #4A8CD4 #7BABE0 #ADCBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4A8CD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4A8CD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD4

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CD4	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D90D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.128 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade1',
    500: '#4a8cd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cd4;
$custom-light: #8aade1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.304,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62935,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CD4

secondary

#D9BEA0

accent

#9743E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD4

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

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