#4A8CE0#4A8CE0

#4A8CE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.144 H 255.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CE0
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 224)
HSL	hsl(214, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 37.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, 5.68, -48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 49.27, 276.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.036 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.144 255.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6518, 25.5912, 74.0943)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CE0 #E09E4A

analogous

#4AD7E0 #4A8CE0 #534AE0

triadic

#4A8CE0 #E04A8C #8CE04A

tetradic

#4A8CE0 #E04AD7 #E09E4A #4AE053

square

#4A8CE0 #E04AD7 #E09E4A #4AE053

split-complementary

#4A8CE0 #E0534A #D7E04A

monochromatic

#1A5096 #236CCA #4A8CE0 #7EADE9 #B3CEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4A8CE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4A8CE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CE0

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CE0	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ce0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.144 255.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadea',
    500: '#4a8ce0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ce0;
$custom-light: #8cadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ce0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63609,
    "c": 0.14379,
    "h": 255.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CE0

secondary

#E1C6A5

accent

#9F3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CE0

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

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