#4A8AC7#4A8AC7

#4A8AC7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.114 H 249.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8AC7
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 199)
HSL	hsl(209, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 30.7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -1.66, -37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 37.77, 267.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0406 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.114 249.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2175, 23.7542, 57.4359)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8AC7 #C7874A

analogous

#4AC7C5 #4A8AC7 #4A4BC7

triadic

#4A8AC7 #C74A8A #8AC74A

tetradic

#4A8AC7 #C54AC7 #C7874A #4BC74A

square

#4A8AC7 #C54AC7 #C7874A #4BC74A

split-complementary

#4A8AC7 #C74A4B #C7C54A

monochromatic

#244C73 #326BA2 #4A8AC7 #79A8D5 #A7C6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4A8AC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4A8AC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8AC7

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8AC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8AC7	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708DCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F80C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0098A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ac7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.114 249.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88abd8',
    500: '#4a8ac7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ac7;
$custom-light: #88abd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ac7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.28,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6179,
    "c": 0.11401,
    "h": 249.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8AC7

secondary

#D1B69C

accent

#924CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8AC7

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

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