#4A8AAF#4A8AAF

#4A8AAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.087 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8AAF
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 175)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 21.1%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, -9.49, -25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 27.40, 249.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.61% -0.0485 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(60.61% 0.087 236)
XYZ	xyz(19.6475, 22.7262, 43.9003)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8AAF #AF6F4A

analogous

#4AAFA2 #4A8AAF #4A58AF

triadic

#4A8AAF #AF4A8A #8AAF4A

tetradic

#4A8AAF #A24AAF #AF6F4A #58AF4A

square

#4A8AAF #A24AAF #AF6F4A #58AF4A

split-complementary

#4A8AAF #AF4A58 #AFA24A

monochromatic

#264659 #386884 #4A8AAF #73A6C4 #9EC1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4A8AAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#4A8AAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AAF

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8AAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8AAF	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7989B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8aaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.087 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc7',
    500: '#4a8aaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8aaf;
$custom-light: #85acc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8aaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.98,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60613,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.22728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8AAF

secondary

#C2A492

accent

#8457D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8AAF

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

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