#4A8CE5#4A8CE5

#4A8CE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.150 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CE5
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 38.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, 7.41, -51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 51.84, 278.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0349 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.15 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3398, 25.8664, 77.7181)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CE5 #E5A34A

analogous

#4AD9E5 #4A8CE5 #564AE5

triadic

#4A8CE5 #E54A8C #8CE54A

tetradic

#4A8CE5 #E54AD9 #E5A34A #4AE556

square

#4A8CE5 #E54AD9 #E5A34A #4AE556

split-complementary

#4A8CE5 #E5564A #D9E54A

monochromatic

#17509E #1E6BD3 #4A8CE5 #80AEED #B5D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4A8CE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4A8CE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CE5

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CE5	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6393E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ce5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.150 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadee',
    500: '#4a8ce5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ce5;
$custom-light: #8cadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ce5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.452,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63899,
    "c": 0.15024,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CE5

secondary

#E4CAA7

accent

#A236F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CE5

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

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