#4A8BBE#4A8BBE

#4A8BBE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.102 H 244.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BBE
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 190)
HSL	hsl(206, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 26.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.72, -5.22, -32.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.72, 33.23, 260.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0445 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.102 244.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.3475, 23.6368, 52.1426)
Luminance	0.2364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BBE #BE7D4A

analogous

#4ABEB7 #4A8BBE #4A51BE

triadic

#4A8BBE #BE4A8B #8BBE4A

tetradic

#4A8BBE #B74ABE #BE7D4A #51BE4A

square

#4A8BBE #B74ABE #BE7D4A #51BE4A

split-complementary

#4A8BBE #BE4A51 #BEB74A

monochromatic

#254B68 #366B95 #4A8BBE #77A8CE #A4C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4A8BBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4A8BBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BBE

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BBE	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6580BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.102 244.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd1',
    500: '#4a8bbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bbe;
$custom-light: #87acd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.379,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61562,
    "c": 0.10241,
    "h": 244.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BBE

secondary

#CBAF98

accent

#8C51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BBE

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

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