#4A8BBC#4A8BBC

#4A8BBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.100 H 243.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BBC
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 188)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 26.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -5.87, -31.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 32.35, 259.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0451 -0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.1 243.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1304, 23.5499, 50.9992)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BBC #BC7B4A

analogous

#4ABCB4 #4A8BBC #4A52BC

triadic

#4A8BBC #BC4A8B #8BBC4A

tetradic

#4A8BBC #B44ABC #BC7B4A #52BC4A

square

#4A8BBC #B44ABC #BC7B4A #52BC4A

split-complementary

#4A8BBC #BC4A52 #BCB44A

monochromatic

#264A66 #366B93 #4A8BBC #77A8CD #A3C4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4A8BBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4A8BBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BBC

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BBC	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6680BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.100 243.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd0',
    500: '#4a8bbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bbc;
$custom-light: #86acd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.789,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61464,
    "c": 0.10011,
    "h": 243.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BBC

secondary

#CAAD98

accent

#8B52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BBC

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

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