#4A8BB3#4A8BB3

#4A8BB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.090 H 237.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BB3
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 179)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.25, -8.78, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.25, 28.66, 252.16°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0482 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.09 237.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1903, 23.1739, 46.0481)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BB3 #B3724A

analogous

#4AB3A7 #4A8BB3 #4A57B3

triadic

#4A8BB3 #B34A8B #8BB34A

tetradic

#4A8BB3 #A74AB3 #B3724A #57B34A

square

#4A8BB3 #A74AB3 #B3724A #57B34A

split-complementary

#4A8BB3 #B34A57 #B3A74A

monochromatic

#26485C #386988 #4A8BB3 #74A7C6 #A0C2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4A8BB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4A8BB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BB3

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BB3	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798AB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.090 237.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acca',
    500: '#4a8bb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bb3;
$custom-light: #85acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.857,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61034,
    "c": 0.09024,
    "h": 237.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BB3

secondary

#C4A794

accent

#8556D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BB3

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

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