#4A8BB7#4A8BB7

#4A8BB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.095 H 240.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BB7
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 183)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 24%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, -7.50, -29.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 30.24, 255.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0468 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.095 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.6007, 23.3381, 48.2096)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BB7 #B7764A

analogous

#4AB7AC #4A8BB7 #4A54B7

triadic

#4A8BB7 #B74A8B #8BB74A

tetradic

#4A8BB7 #AC4AB7 #B7764A #54B74A

square

#4A8BB7 #AC4AB7 #B7764A #54B74A

split-complementary

#4A8BB7 #B74A54 #B7AC4A

monochromatic

#264960 #386A8C #4A8BB7 #76A7C8 #A2C3DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#4A8BB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4A8BB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BB7

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BB7	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778BB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6880B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.095 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86accc',
    500: '#4a8bb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bb7;
$custom-light: #86accc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.22,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61222,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BB7

secondary

#C7AA96

accent

#8855D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BB7

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

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