#4A8CD5#4A8CD5

#4A8CD5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.130 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CD5
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 213)
HSL	hsl(212, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 34.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.09, 1.90, -43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.09, 43.71, 272.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0388 -0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.13 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2080, 25.0137, 66.4902)
Luminance	0.2502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CD5 #D5934A

analogous

#4AD2D5 #4A8CD5 #4E4AD5

triadic

#4A8CD5 #D54A8C #8CD54A

tetradic

#4A8CD5 #D54AD2 #D5934A #4AD54E

square

#4A8CD5 #D54AD2 #D5934A #4AD54E

split-complementary

#4A8CD5 #D54E4A #D2D54A

monochromatic

#1F5086 #2B6DB7 #4A8CD5 #7CACE1 #ADCBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4A8CD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4A8CD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD5

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CD5	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C90D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5983D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.130 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade2',
    500: '#4a8cd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cd5;
$custom-light: #8aade2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.511,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6299,
    "c": 0.12971,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CD5

secondary

#DABFA1

accent

#9842E5

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD5

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

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