#4A8CD8#4A8CD8

#4A8CD8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.134 H 253.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CD8
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 216)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 35.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, 2.93, -45.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 45.21, 273.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.038 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.134 253.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5923, 25.1674, 68.5142)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CD8 #D8964A

analogous

#4AD3D8 #4A8CD8 #4F4AD8

triadic

#4A8CD8 #D84A8C #8CD84A

tetradic

#4A8CD8 #D84AD3 #D8964A #4AD84F

square

#4A8CD8 #D84AD3 #D8964A #4AD84F

split-complementary

#4A8CD8 #D84F4A #D3D84A

monochromatic

#1E508A #296DBC #4A8CD8 #7CACE3 #AFCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4A8CD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4A8CD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD8

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CD8	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B91DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5783D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.134 253.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aade4',
    500: '#4a8cd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cd8;
$custom-light: #8aade4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.113,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63156,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 253.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CD8

secondary

#DCC1A2

accent

#9A40E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CD8

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

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