#4A8CE7#4A8CE7

#4A8CE7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.153 H 257.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CE7
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 231)
HSL	hsl(215, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 39.4%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, 8.10, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 52.87, 278.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.0344 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.153 257)
XYZ	xyz(26.6207, 25.9788, 79.1973)
Luminance	0.2598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CE7 #E7A54A

analogous

#4ADAE7 #4A8CE7 #574AE7

triadic

#4A8CE7 #E74A8C #8CE74A

tetradic

#4A8CE7 #E74ADA #E7A54A #4AE757

square

#4A8CE7 #E74ADA #E7A54A #4AE757

split-complementary

#4A8CE7 #E7574A #DAE74A

monochromatic

#1550A1 #1D6BD7 #4A8CE7 #80AEEE #B6D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4A8CE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4A8CE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CE7

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CE7	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6293EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A85E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ce7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.153 257.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadef',
    500: '#4a8ce7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ce7;
$custom-light: #8dadef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ce7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.777,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64017,
    "c": 0.15283,
    "h": 257
  },
  "luminance": 0.25982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CE7

secondary

#E5CBA8

accent

#A335F3

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CE7

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

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