#4A8AAD#4A8AAD

#4A8AAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.085 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8AAD
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 20.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -10.12, -24.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 26.67, 247.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0492 -0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.085 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4525, 22.6482, 42.8735)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8AAD #AD6D4A

analogous

#4AAD9E #4A8AAD #4A58AD

triadic

#4A8AAD #AD4A8A #8AAD4A

tetradic

#4A8AAD #9E4AAD #AD6D4A #58AD4A

square

#4A8AAD #9E4AAD #AD6D4A #58AD4A

split-complementary

#4A8AAD #AD4A58 #AD9E4A

monochromatic

#254657 #386882 #4A8AAD #72A6C3 #9DC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4A8AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#4A8AAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AAD

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8AAD	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.085 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acc5',
    500: '#4a8aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8aad;
$custom-light: #84acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.212,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60522,
    "c": 0.08464,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8AAD

secondary

#C1A291

accent

#8258D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8AAD

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

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