#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
RGBrgb(74, 142, 227)
HSLhsl(213, 73%, 59%)
HSVhsv(213, 67%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(67.4%, 37.4%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(58.36, 5.52, -49.47)
CIE-LCHlch(58.36, 49.78, 276.37°)
OKLaboklab(64.22% -0.0372 -0.1407)
OKLCHoklch(64.22% 0.146 255.2)
XYZxyz(26.3571, 26.3452, 76.3542)
Luminance0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##4A8EE31.003.356.276.27
#FFFFFF3.351.0021.0021.00
#0000006.2721.001.001.00
##0000006.2721.001.001.00

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

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#4A8EE3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva