#4A8ED9#4A8ED9

#4A8ED9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.133 H 252.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8ED9
RGBrgb(74, 142, 217)
HSLhsl(211, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(211, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.86, 2.09, -44.70)
CIE-LCHlch(57.86, 44.74, 272.68°)
OKLaboklab(63.65% -0.0397 -0.1268)
OKLCHoklch(63.65% 0.133 252.6)
XYZxyz(25.0168, 25.8091, 69.2954)
Luminance0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8ED9 #D9954A
analogous
#4AD5D9 #4A8ED9 #4E4AD9
triadic
#4A8ED9 #D94A8E #8ED94A
tetradic
#4A8ED9 #D94AD5 #D9954A #4AD94E
square
#4A8ED9 #D94AD5 #D9954A #4AD94E
split-complementary
#4A8ED9 #D94E4A #D5D94A
monochromatic
#1D528B #286FBE #4A8ED9 #7DAEE4 #AFCDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41
#4A8ED9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16
#4A8ED9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ED9
6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8ED9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8ED91.003.416.166.16
#FFFFFF3.411.0021.0021.00
#0000006.1621.001.001.00
##0000006.1621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6D92DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5985D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009FA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8ed9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.133 252.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee5',
    500: '#4a8ed9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8ed9;
$custom-light: #8baee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8ed9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.469,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63655,
    "c": 0.13285,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8ED9
secondary
#DCC1A2
accent
#9840E8
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F1F4FC
border
#CBCED5
text
#0D1016
muted
#7E7F84

Preview Lab

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#4A8ED9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva