#4A8ED8#4A8ED8

#4A8ED8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.132 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ED8
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 216)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 34.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, 1.75, -44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 44.25, 272.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.04 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.132 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8872, 25.7572, 68.6125)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ED8 #D8944A

analogous

#4AD5D8 #4A8ED8 #4D4AD8

triadic

#4A8ED8 #D84A8E #8ED84A

tetradic

#4A8ED8 #D84AD5 #D8944A #4AD84D

square

#4A8ED8 #D84AD5 #D8944A #4AD84D

split-complementary

#4A8ED8 #D84D4A #D5D84A

monochromatic

#1E528A #296FBC #4A8ED8 #7CADE3 #AFCDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4A8ED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4A8ED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ED8

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ED8	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E92DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A85D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ed8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.132 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aaee4',
    500: '#4a8ed8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ed8;
$custom-light: #8aaee4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ed8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.268,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.636,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ED8

secondary

#DCC0A2

accent

#9740E8

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ED8

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

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