#4A8BB4#4A8BB4

#4A8BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.091 H 238.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BB4
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.29, -8.46, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.29, 29.04, 253.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.08% -0.0478 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(61.08% 0.091 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2918, 23.2145, 46.5827)
Luminance	0.2322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BB4 #B4734A

analogous

#4AB4A8 #4A8BB4 #4A56B4

triadic

#4A8BB4 #B44A8B #8BB44A

tetradic

#4A8BB4 #A84AB4 #B4734A #56B44A

square

#4A8BB4 #A84AB4 #B4734A #56B44A

split-complementary

#4A8BB4 #B44A56 #B4A84A

monochromatic

#26485D #386A89 #4A8BB4 #75A7C6 #A0C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4A8BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4A8BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BB4

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BB4	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	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)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.091 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acca',
    500: '#4a8bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bb4;
$custom-light: #85acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.208,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61081,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BB4

secondary

#C5A795

accent

#8656D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BB4

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

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