#4A8ACE#4A8ACE

#4A8ACE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.123 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ACE
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 206)
HSL	hsl(211, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 33%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.17, 0.70, -41.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.17, 41.17, 270.98°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0386 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.123 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0490, 24.0868, 61.8151)
Luminance	0.2409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ACE #CE8E4A

analogous

#4ACCCE #4A8ACE #4C4ACE

triadic

#4A8ACE #CE4A8A #8ACE4A

tetradic

#4A8ACE #CE4ACC #CE8E4A #4ACE4C

square

#4A8ACE #CE4ACC #CE8E4A #4ACE4C

split-complementary

#4A8ACE #CE4C4A #CCCE4A

monochromatic

#224D7C #2F6BAC #4A8ACE #7AA9DB #AAC8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4A8ACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#4A8ACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ACE

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ACE	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A81CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.123 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89abdd',
    500: '#4a8ace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ace;
$custom-light: #89abdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.909,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62162,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ACE

secondary

#D6BB9E

accent

#9647E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ACE

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

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