#4A8CE6#4A8CE6

#4A8CE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.152 H 256.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CE6
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 230)
HSL	hsl(215, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 39.1%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 7.75, -51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 52.36, 278.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0347 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.152 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4799, 25.9225, 78.4556)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CE6 #E6A44A

analogous

#4ADAE6 #4A8CE6 #564AE6

triadic

#4A8CE6 #E64A8C #8CE64A

tetradic

#4A8CE6 #E64ADA #E6A44A #4AE656

square

#4A8CE6 #E64ADA #E6A44A #4AE656

split-complementary

#4A8CE6 #E6564A #DAE64A

monochromatic

#1650A0 #1D6BD5 #4A8CE6 #80AEED #B6D0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4A8CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4A8CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CE6

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CE6	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6393EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.152 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadee',
    500: '#4a8ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ce6;
$custom-light: #8dadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.615,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63958,
    "c": 0.15154,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CE6

secondary

#E4CBA8

accent

#A235F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CE6

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

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