#4A8BCC#4A8BCC

#4A8BCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.119 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BCC
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 204)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 31.9%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -0.56, -39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 39.74, 269.19°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0402 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.119 250.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9517, 24.2785, 60.5917)
Luminance	0.2428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BCC #CC8B4A

analogous

#4ACCCC #4A8BCC #4A4ACC

triadic

#4A8BCC #CC4A8B #8BCC4A

tetradic

#4A8BCC #CC4ACC #CC8B4A #4ACC4A

square

#4A8BCC #CC4ACC #CC8B4A #4ACC4A

split-complementary

#4A8BCC #CC4A4A #CCCC4A

monochromatic

#224E79 #306CA9 #4A8BCC #7AAAD9 #A9C8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4A8BCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4A8BCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BCC

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BCC	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F8ECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.119 250.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acdc',
    500: '#4a8bcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bcc;
$custom-light: #89acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6228,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BCC

secondary

#D4B99D

accent

#9448DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BCC

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

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