#4A8DDD#4A8DDD

#4A8DDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.139 H 254.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DDD
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 221)
HSL	hsl(213, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 36.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, 4.05, -47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 47.24, 274.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0377 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.139 254.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3953, 25.7235, 72.0194)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DDD #DD9A4A

analogous

#4AD6DD #4A8DDD #504ADD

triadic

#4A8DDD #DD4A8D #8DDD4A

tetradic

#4A8DDD #DD4AD6 #DD9A4A #4ADD50

square

#4A8DDD #DD4AD6 #DD9A4A #4ADD50

split-complementary

#4A8DDD #DD504A #D6DD4A

monochromatic

#1B5191 #256EC5 #4A8DDD #7EADE7 #B1CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4A8DDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4A8DDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DDD

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DDD	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6992E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5484DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.139 254.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade8',
    500: '#4a8ddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ddd;
$custom-light: #8bade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.653,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63657,
    "c": 0.13891,
    "h": 254.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DDD

secondary

#DFC4A4

accent

#9C3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DDD

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

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