#4A8ABC#4A8ABC

#4A8ABC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.101 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ABC
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 26.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -5.30, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 32.70, 260.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.044 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.101 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9863, 23.2617, 50.9512)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ABC #BC7C4A

analogous

#4ABCB5 #4A8ABC #4A51BC

triadic

#4A8ABC #BC4A8A #8ABC4A

tetradic

#4A8ABC #B54ABC #BC7C4A #51BC4A

square

#4A8ABC #B54ABC #BC7C4A #51BC4A

split-complementary

#4A8ABC #BC4A51 #BCB54A

monochromatic

#264A66 #366A93 #4A8ABC #77A7CD #A3C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4A8ABC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4A8ABC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ABC

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ABC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ABC	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748BBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8abc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.101 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd0',
    500: '#4a8abc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8abc;
$custom-light: #86acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8abc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.316,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61232,
    "c": 0.1008,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ABC

secondary

#CAAE98

accent

#8C52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ABC

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

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