#4A8DE5#4A8DE5

#4A8DE5 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.149 H 256.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DE5
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 229)
HSL	hsl(214, 75%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 38.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.19, 6.81, -50.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.19, 51.32, 277.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0358 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.149 256.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4866, 26.1600, 77.7671)
Luminance	0.2616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DE5 #E5A24A

analogous

#4ADAE5 #4A8DE5 #554AE5

triadic

#4A8DE5 #E54A8D #8DE54A

tetradic

#4A8DE5 #E54ADA #E5A24A #4AE555

square

#4A8DE5 #E54ADA #E5A24A #4AE555

split-complementary

#4A8DE5 #E5554A #DAE54A

monochromatic

#17519E #1E6DD3 #4A8DE5 #80AFED #B5D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4A8DE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#4A8DE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DE5

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DE5	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6594E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E85E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8de5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.149 256.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caded',
    500: '#4a8de5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8de5;
$custom-light: #8caded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8de5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.065,
    "s": 74.879,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64116,
    "c": 0.1492,
    "h": 256.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DE5

secondary

#E4C9A7

accent

#A136F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DE5

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

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