#4A8BB2#4A8BB2

#4A8BB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.089 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BB2
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 178)
HSL	hsl(203, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(203, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 21.9%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -9.10, -26.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 28.27, 251.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0485 -0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.089 237)
XYZ	xyz(20.0895, 23.1336, 45.5174)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BB2 #B2714A

analogous

#4AB2A5 #4A8BB2 #4A57B2

triadic

#4A8BB2 #B24A8B #8BB24A

tetradic

#4A8BB2 #A54AB2 #B2714A #57B24A

square

#4A8BB2 #A54AB2 #B2714A #57B24A

split-complementary

#4A8BB2 #B24A57 #B2A54A

monochromatic

#26475C #386987 #4A8BB2 #74A7C5 #9FC2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4A8BB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4A8BB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BB2

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BB2	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7FB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.089 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc9',
    500: '#4a8bb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bb2;
$custom-light: #85acc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60987,
    "c": 0.0892,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.23135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BB2

secondary

#C4A694

accent

#8557D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BB2

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

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