#4A8EE3#4A8EE3

#4A8EE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.146 H 255.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EE3
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 227)
HSL	hsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, 5.52, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 49.78, 276.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0372 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.146 255.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3571, 26.3452, 76.3542)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EE3 #E39F4A

analogous

#4ADBE3 #4A8EE3 #534AE3

triadic

#4A8EE3 #E34A8E #8EE34A

tetradic

#4A8EE3 #E34ADB #E39F4A #4AE353

square

#4A8EE3 #E34ADB #E39F4A #4AE353

split-complementary

#4A8EE3 #E3534A #DBE34A

monochromatic

#18529B #206ED0 #4A8EE3 #7FAFEB #B4D0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4A8EE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#4A8EE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EE3

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EE3	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6894E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5186E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.146 255.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeec',
    500: '#4a8ee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ee3;
$custom-light: #8caeec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64218,
    "c": 0.14559,
    "h": 255.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EE3

secondary

#E2C8A6

accent

#9E38F0

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EE3

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

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