#4A8EE4#4A8EE4

#4A8EE4 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.147 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EE4
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 228)
HSL	hsl(214, 74%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 37.7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, 5.87, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 50.29, 276.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.037 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.147 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4955, 26.4006, 77.0832)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EE4 #E4A04A

analogous

#4ADBE4 #4A8EE4 #534AE4

triadic

#4A8EE4 #E44A8E #8EE44A

tetradic

#4A8EE4 #E44ADB #E4A04A #4AE453

square

#4A8EE4 #E44ADB #E4A04A #4AE453

split-complementary

#4A8EE4 #E4534A #DBE44A

monochromatic

#17529C #1F6ED2 #4A8EE4 #7FAFEC #B5D0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#4A8EE4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#4A8EE4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EE4

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EE4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EE4	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6794E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5086E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ee4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.147 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caeed',
    500: '#4a8ee4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ee4;
$custom-light: #8caeed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ee4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.506,
    "s": 74.038,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64275,
    "c": 0.14687,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EE4

secondary

#E3C8A7

accent

#9F37F1

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EE4

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

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