#4A8BAD#4A8BAD

#4A8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.084 H 233.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BAD
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, -10.68, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 26.47, 246.20°)
OKLab	oklab(60.76% -0.0503 -0.0676)
OKLCH	oklch(60.76% 0.084 233.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.5966, 22.9364, 42.9215)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BAD #AD6C4A

analogous

#4AAD9D #4A8BAD #4A59AD

triadic

#4A8BAD #AD4A8B #8BAD4A

tetradic

#4A8BAD #9D4AAD #AD6C4A #59AD4A

square

#4A8BAD #9D4AAD #AD6C4A #59AD4A

split-complementary

#4A8BAD #AD4A59 #AD9D4A

monochromatic

#254657 #386982 #4A8BAD #72A7C3 #9DC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#4A8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#4A8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BAD

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BAD	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.084 233.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc5',
    500: '#4a8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bad;
$custom-light: #85acc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.606,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60759,
    "c": 0.08425,
    "h": 233.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BAD

secondary

#C1A291

accent

#8158D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BAD

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

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