#4A8EDD#4A8EDD

#4A8EDD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.138 H 253.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EDD
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 221)
HSL	hsl(212, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 35.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 3.46, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 46.74, 274.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0387 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.138 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5434, 26.0197, 72.0687)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EDD #DD994A

analogous

#4AD7DD #4A8EDD #4F4ADD

triadic

#4A8EDD #DD4A8E #8EDD4A

tetradic

#4A8EDD #DD4AD7 #DD994A #4ADD4F

square

#4A8EDD #DD4AD7 #DD994A #4ADD4F

split-complementary

#4A8EDD #DD4F4A #D7DD4A

monochromatic

#1B5291 #256FC5 #4A8EDD #7EAEE7 #B1CEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4A8EDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4A8EDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EDD

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EDD	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B93E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5685DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8edd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.138 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee8',
    500: '#4a8edd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8edd;
$custom-light: #8baee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8edd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.245,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63877,
    "c": 0.13791,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EDD

secondary

#DFC4A4

accent

#9A3DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EDD

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

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