#4A8BC2#4A8BC2

#4A8BC2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.107 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BC2
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 194)
HSL	hsl(208, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 28.4%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -3.90, -34.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 35.02, 263.61°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0432 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.107 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7907, 23.8140, 54.4767)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BC2 #C2814A

analogous

#4AC2BD #4A8BC2 #4A4FC2

triadic

#4A8BC2 #C24A8B #8BC24A

tetradic

#4A8BC2 #BD4AC2 #C2814A #4FC24A

square

#4A8BC2 #BD4AC2 #C2814A #4FC24A

split-complementary

#4A8BC2 #C24A4F #C2BD4A

monochromatic

#254C6D #346C9B #4A8BC2 #78A8D1 #A6C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4A8BC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4A8BC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BC2

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BC2	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6381C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.107 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd4',
    500: '#4a8bc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bc2;
$custom-light: #87acd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61762,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BC2

secondary

#CEB29A

accent

#8E4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BC2

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

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