#4A8CD9#4A8CD9

#4A8CD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.135 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8CD9
RGBrgb(74, 140, 217)
HSLhsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.29, 3.27, -45.59)
CIE-LCHlch(57.29, 45.71, 274.10°)
OKLaboklab(63.21% -0.0377 -0.1294)
OKLCHoklch(63.21% 0.135 253.7)
XYZxyz(24.7219, 25.2193, 69.1971)
Luminance0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8CD9 #D9974A
analogous
#4AD3D9 #4A8CD9 #504AD9
triadic
#4A8CD9 #D94A8C #8CD94A
tetradic
#4A8CD9 #D94AD3 #D9974A #4AD950
square
#4A8CD9 #D94AD3 #D9974A #4AD950
split-complementary
#4A8CD9 #D9504A #D3D94A
monochromatic
#1D508B #286DBE #4A8CD9 #7DACE4 #AFCCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47
#4A8CD9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04
#4A8CD9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CD9
6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8CD9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8CD91.003.476.046.04
#FFFFFF3.471.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0421.001.001.00
##0000006.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6A91DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5683D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009EA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8cd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.135 253.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade5',
    500: '#4a8cd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8cd9;
$custom-light: #8bade5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8cd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.308,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63212,
    "c": 0.1348,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8CD9
secondary
#DCC2A2
accent
#9A40E8
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#4A8CD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva