#4A9DE8#4A9DE8

#4A9DE8 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.138 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DE8
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 232)
HSL	hsl(208, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(208, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 32.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -1.51, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 45.20, 268.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0504 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.138 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4410, 31.3929, 80.8361)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DE8 #E8954A

analogous

#4AE8E4 #4A9DE8 #4A4EE8

triadic

#4A9DE8 #E84A9D #9DE84A

tetradic

#4A9DE8 #E44AE8 #E8954A #4EE84A

square

#4A9DE8 #E44AE8 #E8954A #4EE84A

split-complementary

#4A9DE8 #E84A4E #E8E44A

monochromatic

#155FA3 #1C7FD9 #4A9DE8 #80BAEF #B7D8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#4A9DE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#4A9DE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DE8

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DE8	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7CA0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6591E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9de8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.138 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db9ef',
    500: '#4a9de8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9de8;
$custom-light: #8db9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9de8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.481,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67803,
    "c": 0.13753,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DE8

secondary

#E5C5A8

accent

#8F34F4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DE8

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

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