#4A8ABA#4A8ABA

#4A8ABA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.099 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ABA
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 186)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 25.8%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -5.95, -31.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 31.83, 259.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0447 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.099 243)
XYZ	xyz(20.7722, 23.1760, 49.8236)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ABA #BA7A4A

analogous

#4ABAB2 #4A8ABA #4A52BA

triadic

#4A8ABA #BA4A8A #8ABA4A

tetradic

#4A8ABA #B24ABA #BA7A4A #52BA4A

square

#4A8ABA #B24ABA #BA7A4A #52BA4A

split-complementary

#4A8ABA #BA4A52 #BAB24A

monochromatic

#264964 #376A90 #4A8ABA #76A7CB #A3C3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4A8ABA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4A8ABA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ABA

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ABA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ABA	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758BBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8aba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.099 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86accf',
    500: '#4a8aba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8aba;
$custom-light: #86accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8aba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61134,
    "c": 0.09851,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.23178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ABA

secondary

#C9AC97

accent

#8B53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ABA

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

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