#4A8CD7#4A8CD7

#4A8CD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.132 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CD7
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 215)
HSL	hsl(212, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 34.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, 2.58, -44.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 44.70, 273.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.1% -0.0382 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(63.1% 0.132 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4634, 25.1159, 67.8354)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CD7 #D7954A

analogous

#4AD3D7 #4A8CD7 #4F4AD7

triadic

#4A8CD7 #D74A8C #8CD74A

tetradic

#4A8CD7 #D74AD3 #D7954A #4AD74F

square

#4A8CD7 #D74AD3 #D7954A #4AD74F

split-complementary

#4A8CD7 #D74F4A #D3D74A

monochromatic

#1E5088 #296DBB #4A8CD7 #7CACE2 #AECCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4A8CD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4A8CD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD7

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CD7	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.132 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade3',
    500: '#4a8cd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cd7;
$custom-light: #8aade3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.915,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63101,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CD7

secondary

#DBC0A2

accent

#9941E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD7

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

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