#4A8EE0#4A8EE0

#4A8EE0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.142 H 254.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EE0
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 224)
HSL	hsl(213, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 36.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.21, 4.49, -48.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.21, 48.26, 275.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.038 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.142 254.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9467, 26.1810, 74.1926)
Luminance	0.2618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EE0 #E09C4A

analogous

#4AD9E0 #4A8EE0 #514AE0

triadic

#4A8EE0 #E04A8E #8EE04A

tetradic

#4A8EE0 #E04AD9 #E09C4A #4AE051

square

#4A8EE0 #E04AD9 #E09C4A #4AE051

split-complementary

#4A8EE0 #E0514A #D9E04A

monochromatic

#1A5296 #236FCA #4A8EE0 #7EAFE9 #B3CFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4A8EE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4A8EE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EE0

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EE0	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6994E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5485DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A1AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ee0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.142 254.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeea',
    500: '#4a8ee0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ee0;
$custom-light: #8caeea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ee0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.8,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64047,
    "c": 0.14174,
    "h": 254.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EE0

secondary

#E1C6A5

accent

#9C3AEE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EE0

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

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