#4A8ABB#4A8ABB

#4A8ABB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ABB
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 187)
HSL	hsl(206, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 26.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.30, -5.63, -31.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.30, 32.26, 259.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0443 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.1 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8788, 23.2187, 50.3854)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ABB #BB7B4A

analogous

#4ABBB4 #4A8ABB #4A51BB

triadic

#4A8ABB #BB4A8A #8ABB4A

tetradic

#4A8ABB #B44ABB #BB7B4A #51BB4A

square

#4A8ABB #B44ABB #BB7B4A #51BB4A

split-complementary

#4A8ABB #BB4A51 #BBB44A

monochromatic

#264965 #376A91 #4A8ABB #76A7CC #A3C4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4A8ABB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4A8ABB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ABB

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ABB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ABB	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#748BBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8abb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86accf',
    500: '#4a8abb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8abb;
$custom-light: #86accf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8abb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.018,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61183,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ABB

secondary

#C9AD97

accent

#8B53D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ABB

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

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