#4A8BAE#4A8BAE

#4A8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.085 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BAE
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(201, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.05, -10.37, -24.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.05, 26.82, 247.26°)
OKLab	oklab(60.8% -0.05 -0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(60.8% 0.085 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6938, 22.9753, 43.4330)
Luminance	0.2298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BAE #AE6D4A

analogous

#4AAE9F #4A8BAE #4A59AE

triadic

#4A8BAE #AE4A8B #8BAE4A

tetradic

#4A8BAE #9F4AAE #AE6D4A #59AE4A

square

#4A8BAE #9F4AAE #AE6D4A #59AE4A

split-complementary

#4A8BAE #AE4A59 #AE9F4A

monochromatic

#254658 #386983 #4A8BAE #72A7C3 #9DC2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#4A8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#4A8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BAE

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BAE	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.085 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc6',
    500: '#4a8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bae;
$custom-light: #85acc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60804,
    "c": 0.0852,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BAE

secondary

#C2A392

accent

#8258D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BAE

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

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