#4A8DDF#4A8DDF

#4A8DDF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.141 H 254.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DDF
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 223)
HSL	hsl(213, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 36.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, 4.74, -48.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 48.25, 275.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0372 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.141 254.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6633, 25.8307, 73.4311)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DDF #DF9C4A

analogous

#4AD8DF #4A8DDF #514ADF

triadic

#4A8DDF #DF4A8D #8DDF4A

tetradic

#4A8DDF #DF4AD8 #DF9C4A #4ADF51

square

#4A8DDF #DF4AD8 #DF9C4A #4ADF51

split-complementary

#4A8DDF #DF514A #D8DF4A

monochromatic

#1A5194 #236EC8 #4A8DDF #7EAEE8 #B2CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4A8DDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4A8DDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DDF

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DDF	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5385DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.141 254.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bade9',
    500: '#4a8ddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ddf;
$custom-light: #8bade9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.02,
    "s": 69.953,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6377,
    "c": 0.14148,
    "h": 254.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DDF

secondary

#E0C5A5

accent

#9D3BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DDF

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

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