#4A8DD9#4A8DD9

#4A8DD9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.134 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DD9
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 217)
HSL	hsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 2.68, -45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 45.22, 273.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0387 -0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.134 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8687, 25.5128, 69.2461)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DD9 #D9964A

analogous

#4AD5D9 #4A8DD9 #4F4AD9

triadic

#4A8DD9 #D94A8D #8DD94A

tetradic

#4A8DD9 #D94AD5 #D9964A #4AD94F

square

#4A8DD9 #D94AD5 #D9964A #4AD94F

split-complementary

#4A8DD9 #D94F4A #D5D94A

monochromatic

#1D518B #286EBE #4A8DD9 #7DADE4 #AFCDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4A8DD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#4A8DD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DD9

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DD9	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C92DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.134 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee5',
    500: '#4a8dd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dd9;
$custom-light: #8baee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.888,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63433,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DD9

secondary

#DCC1A2

accent

#9940E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DD9

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

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