#4A8BC4#4A8BC4

#4A8BC4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.110 H 247.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4A8BC4
RGBrgb(74, 139, 196)
HSLhsl(208, 51%, 53%)
HSVhsv(208, 62%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(62.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(55.99, -3.24, -35.80)
CIE-LCHlch(55.99, 35.94, 264.83°)
OKLaboklab(61.86% -0.0426 -0.1009)
OKLCHoklch(61.86% 0.11 247.1)
XYZxyz(22.0168, 23.9045, 55.6676)
Luminance0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4A8BC4 #C4834A
analogous
#4AC4C0 #4A8BC4 #4A4EC4
triadic
#4A8BC4 #C44A8B #8BC44A
tetradic
#4A8BC4 #C04AC4 #C4834A #4EC44A
square
#4A8BC4 #C04AC4 #C4834A #4EC44A
split-complementary
#4A8BC4 #C44A4E #C4C04A
monochromatic
#244C6F #336C9D #4A8BC4 #78A9D3 #A6C6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63
#4A8BC4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78
#4A8BC4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BC4
5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4A8BC4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4A8BC41.003.635.785.78
#FFFFFF3.631.0021.0021.00
#0000005.7821.001.001.00
##0000005.7821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#728DC7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6281C3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00999F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4a8bc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.110 247.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87acd6',
    500: '#4a8bc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4a8bc4;
$custom-light: #87acd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4a8bc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.033,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61864,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 247.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4A8BC4
secondary
#CFB39B
accent
#8F4DDA
background
#F8FAFD
surface
#F0F4FA
border
#CBCED3
text
#0C1014
muted
#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BC4

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#4A8BC4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva