#4A8DCE#4A8DCE

#4A8DCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.120 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DCE
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.04, -1.06, -39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.04, 39.83, 268.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.0417 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.12 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4854, 24.9595, 61.9605)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DCE #CE8B4A

analogous

#4ACECD #4A8DCE #4A4BCE

triadic

#4A8DCE #CE4A8D #8DCE4A

tetradic

#4A8DCE #CD4ACE #CE8B4A #4BCE4A

square

#4A8DCE #CD4ACE #CE8B4A #4BCE4A

split-complementary

#4A8DCE #CE4A4B #CECD4A

monochromatic

#224F7C #2F6EAC #4A8DCE #7AABDB #AACAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4A8DCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4A8DCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DCE

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DCE	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.120 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aedd',
    500: '#4a8dce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dce;
$custom-light: #89aedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.545,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62838,
    "c": 0.12003,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DCE

secondary

#D6B99E

accent

#9347E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DCE

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

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