#4A8ECD#4A8ECD

#4A8ECD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.118 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ECD
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 30.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -1.97, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 38.92, 267.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.043 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.118 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5124, 25.2073, 61.3722)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ECD #CD894A

analogous

#4ACDCB #4A8ECD #4A4DCD

triadic

#4A8ECD #CD4A8E #8ECD4A

tetradic

#4A8ECD #CB4ACD #CD894A #4DCD4A

square

#4A8ECD #CB4ACD #CD894A #4DCD4A

split-complementary

#4A8ECD #CD4A4D #CDCB4A

monochromatic

#22507B #2F6FAB #4A8ECD #7AACDA #AACAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4A8ECD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#4A8ECD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ECD

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ECD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ECD	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7391D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ecd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.118 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aedc',
    500: '#4a8ecd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ecd;
$custom-light: #89aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ecd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.855,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63012,
    "c": 0.11793,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ECD

secondary

#D5B89E

accent

#9148E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ECD

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

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