#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
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 196)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 29.1%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, -3.24, -35.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 35.94, 264.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0426 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.11 247.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.0168, 23.9045, 55.6676)
Luminance	0.2391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4A8BC4	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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