#4A8BC5#4A8BC5

#4A8BC5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.111 H 247.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BC5
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 197)
HSL	hsl(208, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 29.4%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -2.90, -36.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 36.41, 265.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0423 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.111 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1310, 23.9502, 56.2690)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BC5 #C5844A

analogous

#4AC5C1 #4A8BC5 #4A4DC5

triadic

#4A8BC5 #C54A8B #8BC54A

tetradic

#4A8BC5 #C14AC5 #C5844A #4DC54A

square

#4A8BC5 #C14AC5 #C5844A #4DC54A

split-complementary

#4A8BC5 #C54A4D #C5C14A

monochromatic

#244C71 #336C9F #4A8BC5 #78A9D4 #A7C6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4A8BC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4A8BC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BC5

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BC5	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728DC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6181C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.111 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acd7',
    500: '#4a8bc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bc5;
$custom-light: #88acd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.293,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61915,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BC5

secondary

#D0B49B

accent

#904DDB

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BC5

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

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