#4A8BCD#4A8BCD

#4A8BCD is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.121 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BCD
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 205)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 32.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -0.22, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 40.23, 269.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0399 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.121 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0721, 24.3266, 61.2254)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BCD #CD8C4A

analogous

#4ACDCD #4A8BCD #4B4ACD

triadic

#4A8BCD #CD4A8B #8BCD4A

tetradic

#4A8BCD #CD4ACD #CD8C4A #4ACD4B

square

#4A8BCD #CD4ACD #CD8C4A #4ACD4B

split-complementary

#4A8BCD #CD4B4A #CDCD4A

monochromatic

#224E7B #2F6CAB #4A8BCD #7AAADA #AAC8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4A8BCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4A8BCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BCD

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BCD	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.121 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acdc',
    500: '#4a8bcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bcd;
$custom-light: #89acdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.229,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62333,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BCD

secondary

#D5BA9E

accent

#9448E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BCD

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

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