#4A8BCA#4A8BCA

#4A8BCA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.117 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BCA
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 202)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 31.2%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -1.23, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 38.78, 268.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0408 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.117 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7134, 24.1831, 59.3365)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BCA #CA894A

analogous

#4ACAC9 #4A8BCA #4A4BCA

triadic

#4A8BCA #CA4A8B #8BCA4A

tetradic

#4A8BCA #C94ACA #CA894A #4BCA4A

square

#4A8BCA #C94ACA #CA894A #4BCA4A

split-complementary

#4A8BCA #CA4A4B #CAC94A

monochromatic

#234D77 #316CA6 #4A8BCA #79A9D8 #A9C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4A8BCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4A8BCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BCA

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BCA	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708ECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.117 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acda',
    500: '#4a8bca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bca;
$custom-light: #88acda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.531,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62174,
    "c": 0.11684,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BCA

secondary

#D3B79D

accent

#934ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BCA

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

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