#4A8EE6#4A8EE6

#4A8EE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.149 H 255.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EE6
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 230)
HSL	hsl(214, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 38.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, 6.56, -50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 51.31, 277.35°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0365 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.149 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7748, 26.5122, 78.5539)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EE6 #E6A24A

analogous

#4ADCE6 #4A8EE6 #544AE6

triadic

#4A8EE6 #E64A8E #8EE64A

tetradic

#4A8EE6 #E64ADC #E6A24A #4AE654

square

#4A8EE6 #E64ADC #E6A24A #4AE654

split-complementary

#4A8EE6 #E6544A #DCE64A

monochromatic

#1652A0 #1D6ED5 #4A8EE6 #80B0ED #B6D1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4A8EE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#4A8EE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EE6

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EE6	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6695EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F86E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ee6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.149 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daeee',
    500: '#4a8ee6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ee6;
$custom-light: #8daeee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ee6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.846,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64391,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EE6

secondary

#E4CAA8

accent

#A035F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EE6

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

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