#4A8DE6#4A8DE6

#4A8DE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.150 H 256.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DE6
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 38.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.24, 7.16, -51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.24, 51.83, 277.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0356 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.15 256.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6266, 26.2160, 78.5045)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DE6 #E6A34A

analogous

#4ADBE6 #4A8DE6 #554AE6

triadic

#4A8DE6 #E64A8D #8DE64A

tetradic

#4A8DE6 #E64ADB #E6A34A #4AE655

square

#4A8DE6 #E64ADB #E6A34A #4AE655

split-complementary

#4A8DE6 #E6554A #DBE64A

monochromatic

#1651A0 #1D6CD5 #4A8DE6 #80AFED #B6D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4A8DE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4A8DE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DE6

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DE6	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6494EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D85E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8de6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.150 256.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dadee',
    500: '#4a8de6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8de6;
$custom-light: #8dadee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8de6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.231,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64174,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DE6

secondary

#E4CAA8

accent

#A135F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DE6

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

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