#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
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 217)
HSL	hsl(211, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 34.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, 2.09, -44.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 44.74, 272.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0397 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.133 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.0168, 25.8091, 69.2954)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4A8ED9	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4A8ED9

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

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