#4A8EDE#4A8EDE

#4A8EDE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.139 H 254.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EDE
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 222)
HSL	hsl(212, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, 3.80, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 47.25, 274.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0385 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.139 254)
XYZ	xyz(25.6770, 26.0732, 72.7725)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EDE #DE9A4A

analogous

#4AD8DE #4A8EDE #504ADE

triadic

#4A8EDE #DE4A8E #8EDE4A

tetradic

#4A8EDE #DE4AD8 #DE9A4A #4ADE50

square

#4A8EDE #DE4AD8 #DE9A4A #4ADE50

split-complementary

#4A8EDE #DE504A #D8DE4A

monochromatic

#1B5293 #246FC7 #4A8EDE #7EAEE7 #B2CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4A8EDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#4A8EDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EDE

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EDE	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A93E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5585DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.139 254.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8baee8',
    500: '#4a8ede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ede;
$custom-light: #8baee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.432,
    "s": 69.159,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63934,
    "c": 0.13919,
    "h": 254
  },
  "luminance": 0.26076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EDE

secondary

#DFC4A4

accent

#9B3CEC

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EDE

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

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