#4A8DDB#4A8DDB

#4A8DDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.136 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DDB
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 35.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, 3.36, -46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 46.23, 274.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0382 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.136 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1304, 25.6175, 70.6244)
Luminance	0.2562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DDB #DB984A

analogous

#4AD5DB #4A8DDB #504ADB

triadic

#4A8DDB #DB4A8D #8DDB4A

tetradic

#4A8DDB #DB4AD5 #DB984A #4ADB50

square

#4A8DDB #DB4AD5 #DB984A #4ADB50

split-complementary

#4A8DDB #DB504A #D5DB4A

monochromatic

#1C518E #266EC1 #4A8DDB #7DADE5 #B0CDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4A8DDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#4A8DDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DDB

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DDB	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B92DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5684D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.136 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade6',
    500: '#4a8ddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ddb;
$custom-light: #8bade6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.276,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63545,
    "c": 0.13636,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DDB

secondary

#DEC3A3

accent

#9A3EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DDB

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

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