#4A8DDA#4A8DDA

#4A8DDA is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.135 H 253.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DDA
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 218)
HSL	hsl(212, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 35.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, 3.02, -45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 45.72, 273.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0385 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.135 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9992, 25.5650, 69.9331)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DDA #DA974A

analogous

#4AD5DA #4A8DDA #4F4ADA

triadic

#4A8DDA #DA4A8D #8DDA4A

tetradic

#4A8DDA #DA4AD5 #DA974A #4ADA4F

square

#4A8DDA #DA4AD5 #DA974A #4ADA4F

split-complementary

#4A8DDA #DA4F4A #D5DA4A

monochromatic

#1D518D #276EC0 #4A8DDA #7DADE4 #B0CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4A8DDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4A8DDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DDA

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DDA	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B92DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5784D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.135 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade6',
    500: '#4a8dda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dda;
$custom-light: #8bade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.083,
    "s": 66.055,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63489,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DDA

secondary

#DDC2A3

accent

#9A3FE9

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DDA

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

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