#4A8CDF#4A8CDF

#4A8CDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.142 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CDF
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 223)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 37.2%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, 5.33, -48.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 48.75, 276.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0363 -0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.142 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.5166, 25.5371, 73.3821)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CDF #DF9D4A

analogous

#4AD6DF #4A8CDF #524ADF

triadic

#4A8CDF #DF4A8C #8CDF4A

tetradic

#4A8CDF #DF4AD6 #DF9D4A #4ADF52

square

#4A8CDF #DF4AD6 #DF9D4A #4ADF52

split-complementary

#4A8CDF #DF524A #D6DF4A

monochromatic

#1A5094 #236CC8 #4A8CDF #7EADE8 #B2CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4A8CDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4A8CDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CDF

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CDF	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6792E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5184DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.142 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade9',
    500: '#4a8cdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cdf;
$custom-light: #8bade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.423,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63551,
    "c": 0.14249,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CDF

secondary

#E0C6A5

accent

#9E3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CDF

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

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