#4A8FE6#4A8FE6

#4A8FE6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.148 H 255.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8FE6
RGB	rgb(74, 143, 230)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 37.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, 5.97, -50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 50.80, 276.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0375 -0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.148 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9242, 26.8111, 78.6037)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8FE6 #E6A14A

analogous

#4ADDE6 #4A8FE6 #534AE6

triadic

#4A8FE6 #E64A8F #8FE64A

tetradic

#4A8FE6 #E64ADD #E6A14A #4AE653

square

#4A8FE6 #E64ADD #E6A14A #4AE653

split-complementary

#4A8FE6 #E6534A #DDE64A

monochromatic

#1653A0 #1D6FD5 #4A8FE6 #80B0ED #B6D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#4A8FE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#4A8FE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8FE6

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8FE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8FE6	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6895EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8fe6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 143, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.148 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dafee',
    500: '#4a8fe6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8fe6;
$custom-light: #8dafee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8fe6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.462,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64608,
    "c": 0.14841,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8FE6

secondary

#E4C9A8

accent

#9F35F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8FE6

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

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