#4A8CE2#4A8CE2

#4A8CE2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.146 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CE2
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 226)
HSL	hsl(214, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 38.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, 6.37, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 50.29, 277.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0356 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.146 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9246, 25.7003, 75.5312)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CE2 #E2A04A

analogous

#4AD8E2 #4A8CE2 #544AE2

triadic

#4A8CE2 #E24A8C #8CE24A

tetradic

#4A8CE2 #E24AD8 #E2A04A #4AE254

square

#4A8CE2 #E24AD8 #E2A04A #4AE254

split-complementary

#4A8CE2 #E2544A #D8E24A

monochromatic

#195099 #216CCE #4A8CE2 #7FAEEA #B3CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4A8CE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4A8CE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CE2

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CE2	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6592E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F84E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ce2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.146 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadeb',
    500: '#4a8ce2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ce2;
$custom-light: #8cadeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ce2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.947,
    "s": 72.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63724,
    "c": 0.14637,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CE2

secondary

#E2C8A6

accent

#A039EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CE2

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

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