#4A8BCB#4A8BCB

#4A8BCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 249.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BCB
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 203)
HSL	hsl(210, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 31.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -0.90, -39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 39.26, 268.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0405 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.118 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8322, 24.2307, 59.9621)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BCB #CB8A4A

analogous

#4ACBCA #4A8BCB #4A4BCB

triadic

#4A8BCB #CB4A8B #8BCB4A

tetradic

#4A8BCB #CA4ACB #CB8A4A #4BCB4A

square

#4A8BCB #CA4ACB #CB8A4A #4BCB4A

split-complementary

#4A8BCB #CB4A4B #CBCA4A

monochromatic

#234E78 #306CA8 #4A8BCB #7AA9D9 #A9C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4A8BCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4A8BCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BCB

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BCB	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E81CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88acdb',
    500: '#4a8bcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bcb;
$custom-light: #88acdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.767,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62227,
    "c": 0.11808,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BCB

secondary

#D4B89D

accent

#9349DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BCB

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

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