#4A8DE0#4A8DE0

#4A8DE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.143 H 255.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DE0
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 37.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.93, 5.08, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.93, 48.76, 275.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.037 -0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.143 255)
XYZ	xyz(25.7986, 25.8848, 74.1432)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DE0 #E09D4A

analogous

#4AD8E0 #4A8DE0 #524AE0

triadic

#4A8DE0 #E04A8D #8DE04A

tetradic

#4A8DE0 #E04AD8 #E09D4A #4AE052

square

#4A8DE0 #E04AD8 #E09D4A #4AE052

split-complementary

#4A8DE0 #E0524A #D8E04A

monochromatic

#1A5196 #236DCA #4A8DE0 #7EAEE9 #B3CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4A8DE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4A8DE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DE0

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DE0	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6893E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5285DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8de0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.143 255.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cadea',
    500: '#4a8de0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8de0;
$custom-light: #8cadea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8de0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.2,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63827,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 255
  },
  "luminance": 0.25887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DE0

secondary

#E1C6A5

accent

#9D3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DE0

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

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