#4A8EE9#4A8EE9

#4A8EE9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.153 H 256.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EE9
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 233)
HSL	hsl(214, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 39.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 7.60, -52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 52.86, 278.27°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0359 -0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.153 256.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1997, 26.6822, 80.7917)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EE9 #E9A54A

analogous

#4ADDE9 #4A8EE9 #564AE9

triadic

#4A8EE9 #E94A8E #8EE94A

tetradic

#4A8EE9 #E94ADD #E9A54A #4AE956

square

#4A8EE9 #E94ADD #E9A54A #4AE956

split-complementary

#4A8EE9 #E9564A #DDE94A

monochromatic

#1452A5 #1B6DDB #4A8EE9 #81B0F0 #B7D2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4A8EE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4A8EE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EE9

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EE9	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6495ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C86E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.153 256.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8daef0',
    500: '#4a8ee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ee9;
$custom-light: #8daef0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.34,
    "s": 78.325,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64566,
    "c": 0.1533,
    "h": 256.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EE9

secondary

#E6CCA9

accent

#820BDB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EE9

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

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