#4A8AAE#4A8AAE

#4A8AAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.086 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8AAE
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 174)
HSL	hsl(202, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.75, -9.80, -25.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.75, 27.03, 248.73°)
OKLab	oklab(60.57% -0.0488 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(60.57% 0.086 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5496, 22.6870, 43.3850)
Luminance	0.2269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8AAE #AE6E4A

analogous

#4AAEA0 #4A8AAE #4A58AE

triadic

#4A8AAE #AE4A8A #8AAE4A

tetradic

#4A8AAE #A04AAE #AE6E4A #58AE4A

square

#4A8AAE #A04AAE #AE6E4A #58AE4A

split-complementary

#4A8AAE #AE4A58 #AEA04A

monochromatic

#254658 #386883 #4A8AAE #72A6C3 #9DC1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4A8AAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#4A8AAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AAE

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8AAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8AAE	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8aae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.086 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc6',
    500: '#4a8aae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8aae;
$custom-light: #85acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8aae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60567,
    "c": 0.08562,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8AAE

secondary

#C2A392

accent

#8358D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8AAE

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

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