#4A8ABE#4A8ABE

#4A8ABE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.103 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ABE
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 190)
HSL	hsl(207, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 27.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -4.64, -33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 33.59, 262.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0434 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.103 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.2033, 23.3485, 52.0945)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ABE #BE7E4A

analogous

#4ABEB8 #4A8ABE #4A50BE

triadic

#4A8ABE #BE4A8A #8ABE4A

tetradic

#4A8ABE #B84ABE #BE7E4A #50BE4A

square

#4A8ABE #B84ABE #BE7E4A #50BE4A

split-complementary

#4A8ABE #BE4A50 #BEB84A

monochromatic

#254A68 #366A95 #4A8ABE #77A7CE #A4C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4A8ABE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4A8ABE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ABE

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ABE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ABE	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738BC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8abe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.103 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd2',
    500: '#4a8abe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8abe;
$custom-light: #87acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8abe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.897,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61331,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ABE

secondary

#CBAF98

accent

#8D51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ABE

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

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