#4A8BBD#4A8BBD

#4A8BBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.101 H 243.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BBD
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 189)
HSL	hsl(206, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 26.5%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -5.55, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 32.79, 260.26°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0448 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.101 243.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2386, 23.5932, 51.5689)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BBD #BD7C4A

analogous

#4ABDB6 #4A8BBD #4A52BD

triadic

#4A8BBD #BD4A8B #8BBD4A

tetradic

#4A8BBD #B64ABD #BD7C4A #52BD4A

square

#4A8BBD #B64ABD #BD7C4A #52BD4A

split-complementary

#4A8BBD #BD4A52 #BDB64A

monochromatic

#264B67 #366B94 #4A8BBD #77A8CD #A4C4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4A8BBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4A8BBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BBD

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BBD	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.101 243.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86acd1',
    500: '#4a8bbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bbd;
$custom-light: #86acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.087,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61513,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 243.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BBD

secondary

#CBAE98

accent

#8B52D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BBD

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

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