#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
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 35.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, 3.27, -45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 45.71, 274.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0377 -0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.135 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7219, 25.2193, 69.1971)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##4A8CD9	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A8CD9

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

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