#4A8BBF#4A8BBF

#4A8BBF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.104 H 244.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BBF
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 191)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(207, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 27.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -4.89, -33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 33.67, 261.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0441 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.104 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.4571, 23.6806, 52.7202)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BBF #BF7E4A

analogous

#4ABFB9 #4A8BBF #4A51BF

triadic

#4A8BBF #BF4A8B #8BBF4A

tetradic

#4A8BBF #B94ABF #BF7E4A #51BF4A

square

#4A8BBF #B94ABF #BF7E4A #51BF4A

split-complementary

#4A8BBF #BF4A51 #BFB94A

monochromatic

#254B69 #356B97 #4A8BBF #77A8CF #A4C5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4A8BBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4A8BBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BBF

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BBF	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748CC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6480BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.104 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd2',
    500: '#4a8bbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bbf;
$custom-light: #87acd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.667,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61612,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BBF

secondary

#CCB099

accent

#8C50D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BBF

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

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