#4A8BC3#4A8BC3

#4A8BC3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.108 H 246.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BC3
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 195)
HSL	hsl(208, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 28.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.95, -3.57, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.95, 35.48, 264.23°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0429 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.108 246.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.9033, 23.8591, 55.0701)
Luminance	0.2386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BC3 #C3824A

analogous

#4AC3BF #4A8BC3 #4A4EC3

triadic

#4A8BC3 #C34A8B #8BC34A

tetradic

#4A8BC3 #BF4AC3 #C3824A #4EC34A

square

#4A8BC3 #BF4AC3 #C3824A #4EC34A

split-complementary

#4A8BC3 #C34A4E #C3BF4A

monochromatic

#244C6E #346C9C #4A8BC3 #78A8D2 #A6C6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4A8BC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4A8BC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BC3

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BC3	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738DC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6281C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.108 246.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd5',
    500: '#4a8bc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bc3;
$custom-light: #87acd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.769,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61813,
    "c": 0.10831,
    "h": 246.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BC3

secondary

#CFB29A

accent

#8F4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BC3

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

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