#4A8ED0#4A8ED0

#4A8ED0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.122 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ED0
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 208)
HSL	hsl(210, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -0.96, -40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 40.35, 268.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0422 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.122 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8780, 25.3535, 63.2976)
Luminance	0.2536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ED0 #D08C4A

analogous

#4AD0CF #4A8ED0 #4A4BD0

triadic

#4A8ED0 #D04A8E #8ED04A

tetradic

#4A8ED0 #CF4AD0 #D08C4A #4BD04A

square

#4A8ED0 #CF4AD0 #D08C4A #4BD04A

split-complementary

#4A8ED0 #D04A4B #D0CF4A

monochromatic

#21517F #2E6FAF #4A8ED0 #7BACDD #ABCBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4A8ED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4A8ED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ED0

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ED0	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7191D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F84CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ed0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.122 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aede',
    500: '#4a8ed0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ed0;
$custom-light: #89aede;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ed0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63169,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ED0

secondary

#D7BA9F

accent

#9346E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ED0

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

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