#4A8DE4#4A8DE4

#4A8DE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.148 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DE4
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 38.2%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, 6.46, -50.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 50.80, 277.31°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0361 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.148 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3474, 26.1043, 77.0338)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DE4 #E4A14A

analogous

#4ADAE4 #4A8DE4 #544AE4

triadic

#4A8DE4 #E44A8D #8DE44A

tetradic

#4A8DE4 #E44ADA #E4A14A #4AE454

square

#4A8DE4 #E44ADA #E4A14A #4AE454

split-complementary

#4A8DE4 #E4544A #DAE44A

monochromatic

#17519C #1F6DD2 #4A8DE4 #7FAFEC #B5D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4A8DE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4A8DE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DE4

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DE4	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6694E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F85E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8de4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.148 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caded',
    500: '#4a8de4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8de4;
$custom-light: #8caded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8de4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.896,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64058,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DE4

secondary

#E3C9A7

accent

#A037F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DE4

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

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