#4A8DDE#4A8DDE

#4A8DDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.140 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DDE
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 222)
HSL	hsl(213, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 36.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, 4.39, -47.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 47.74, 275.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0375 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.14 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5289, 25.7769, 72.7231)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DDE #DE9B4A

analogous

#4AD7DE #4A8DDE #514ADE

triadic

#4A8DDE #DE4A8D #8DDE4A

tetradic

#4A8DDE #DE4AD7 #DE9B4A #4ADE51

square

#4A8DDE #DE4AD7 #DE9B4A #4ADE51

split-complementary

#4A8DDE #DE514A #D7DE4A

monochromatic

#1B5193 #246EC7 #4A8DDE #7EAEE7 #B2CEF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4A8DDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4A8DDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DDE

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DDE	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6993E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5485DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.140 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade8',
    500: '#4a8dde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dde;
$custom-light: #8bade8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.838,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63714,
    "c": 0.14019,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DDE

secondary

#DFC5A4

accent

#9C3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DDE

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

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