#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
RGBrgb(74, 142, 222)
HSLhsl(212, 69%, 58%)
HSVhsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYKcmyk(66.7%, 36%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LABlab(58.11, 3.80, -47.09)
CIE-LCHlch(58.11, 47.25, 274.61°)
OKLaboklab(63.93% -0.0385 -0.1338)
OKLCHoklch(63.93% 0.139 254)
XYZxyz(25.6770, 26.0732, 72.7725)
Luminance0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4A8EDE1.003.386.226.22
#FFFFFF3.381.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2221.001.001.00
##0000006.2221.001.001.00

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

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#4A8EDE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva