#4A8CE1#4A8CE1

#4A8CE1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.145 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CE1
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 225)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.1%, 37.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, 6.02, -49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 49.78, 276.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0358 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.145 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7878, 25.6456, 74.8106)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CE1 #E19F4A

analogous

#4AD7E1 #4A8CE1 #534AE1

triadic

#4A8CE1 #E14A8C #8CE14A

tetradic

#4A8CE1 #E14AD7 #E19F4A #4AE153

square

#4A8CE1 #E14AD7 #E19F4A #4AE153

split-complementary

#4A8CE1 #E1534A #D7E14A

monochromatic

#195097 #226CCC #4A8CE1 #7EADEA #B3CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4A8CE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4A8CE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CE1

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CE1	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6692E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5084DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ce1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.145 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadeb',
    500: '#4a8ce1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ce1;
$custom-light: #8cadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ce1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.775,
    "s": 71.564,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63666,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CE1

secondary

#E1C7A6

accent

#9F39EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CE1

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

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