#4A8EDB#4A8EDB

#4A8EDB is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.135 H 253.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EDB
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 219)
HSL	hsl(212, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(212, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 35.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 2.77, -45.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 45.74, 273.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0392 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.135 253.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.2785, 25.9138, 70.6738)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EDB #DB974A

analogous

#4AD6DB #4A8EDB #4F4ADB

triadic

#4A8EDB #DB4A8E #8EDB4A

tetradic

#4A8EDB #DB4AD6 #DB974A #4ADB4F

square

#4A8EDB #DB4AD6 #DB974A #4ADB4F

split-complementary

#4A8EDB #DB4F4A #D6DB4A

monochromatic

#1C528E #266FC1 #4A8EDB #7DAEE5 #B0CEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4A8EDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#4A8EDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EDB

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EDB	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C93DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5885D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8edb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.135 253.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee6',
    500: '#4a8edb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8edb;
$custom-light: #8baee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8edb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.862,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63766,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 253.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EDB

secondary

#DEC2A3

accent

#993EEA

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EDB

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

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