#4A8CDC#4A8CDC

#4A8CDC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.139 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CDC
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 220)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 36.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, 4.30, -47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 47.23, 275.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.037 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.139 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1157, 25.3768, 71.2709)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CDC #DC9A4A

analogous

#4AD5DC #4A8CDC #514ADC

triadic

#4A8CDC #DC4A8C #8CDC4A

tetradic

#4A8CDC #DC4AD5 #DC9A4A #4ADC51

square

#4A8CDC #DC4AD5 #DC9A4A #4ADC51

split-complementary

#4A8CDC #DC514A #D5DC4A

monochromatic

#1C5090 #266DC3 #4A8CDC #7DADE6 #B1CDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4A8CDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4A8CDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CDC

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CDC	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6991DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.139 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade7',
    500: '#4a8cdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cdc;
$custom-light: #8bade7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.877,
    "s": 67.593,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6338,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CDC

secondary

#DEC4A4

accent

#9C3DEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CDC

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

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