#4A8CE3#4A8CE3

#4A8CE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.148 H 256.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CE3
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 227)
HSL	hsl(214, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 38.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, 6.71, -50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 50.81, 277.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0353 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.148 256.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0622, 25.7554, 76.2559)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CE3 #E3A14A

analogous

#4AD8E3 #4A8CE3 #554AE3

triadic

#4A8CE3 #E34A8C #8CE34A

tetradic

#4A8CE3 #E34AD8 #E3A14A #4AE355

square

#4A8CE3 #E34AD8 #E3A14A #4AE355

split-complementary

#4A8CE3 #E3554A #D8E34A

monochromatic

#18509B #206CD0 #4A8CE3 #7FAEEB #B4CFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4A8CE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4A8CE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CE3

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CE3	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6593E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E84E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ce3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.148 256.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadec',
    500: '#4a8ce3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ce3;
$custom-light: #8cadec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ce3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.118,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63782,
    "c": 0.14766,
    "h": 256.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CE3

secondary

#E2C9A6

accent

#A138F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CE3

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

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