#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
RGBrgb(74, 141, 217)
HSLhsl(212, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 35%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.57, 2.68, -45.14)
CIE-LCHlch(57.57, 45.22, 273.39°)
OKLaboklab(63.43% -0.0387 -0.1281)
OKLCHoklch(63.43% 0.134 253.2)
XYZxyz(24.8687, 25.5128, 69.2461)
Luminance0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4A8DD91.003.446.106.10
#FFFFFF3.441.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1021.001.001.00
##0000006.1021.001.001.00

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

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#4A8DD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva