#4A8CD6#4A8CD6

#4A8CD6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.131 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CD6
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 214)
HSL	hsl(212, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(212, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 34.6%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, 2.24, -44.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 44.20, 272.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0385 -0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.131 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3353, 25.0646, 67.1608)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CD6 #D6944A

analogous

#4AD2D6 #4A8CD6 #4E4AD6

triadic

#4A8CD6 #D64A8C #8CD64A

tetradic

#4A8CD6 #D64AD2 #D6944A #4AD64E

square

#4A8CD6 #D64AD2 #D6944A #4AD64E

split-complementary

#4A8CD6 #D64E4A #D2D64A

monochromatic

#1F5087 #2A6DB9 #4A8CD6 #7CACE1 #AECBED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4A8CD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4A8CD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD6

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CD6	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C90D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5883D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.131 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade3',
    500: '#4a8cd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cd6;
$custom-light: #8aade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.714,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63045,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CD6

secondary

#DBC0A1

accent

#9942E6

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD6

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

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