#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
RGBrgb(74, 141, 223)
HSLhsl(213, 70%, 58%)
HSVhsv(213, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 36.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LABlab(57.88, 4.74, -48.02)
CIE-LCHlch(57.88, 48.25, 275.63°)
OKLaboklab(63.77% -0.0372 -0.1365)
OKLCHoklch(63.77% 0.141 254.7)
XYZxyz(25.6633, 25.8307, 73.4311)
Luminance0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4A8DDF1.003.416.176.17
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1721.001.001.00
##0000006.1721.001.001.00

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

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#4A8DDF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva