#4A8BCE#4A8BCE

#4A8BCE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 251.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BCE
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 206)
HSL	hsl(210, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 32.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, 0.11, -40.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 40.72, 270.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.39% -0.0397 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(62.39% 0.122 251)
XYZ	xyz(23.1931, 24.3750, 61.8631)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BCE #CE8D4A

analogous

#4ACDCE #4A8BCE #4B4ACE

triadic

#4A8BCE #CE4A8B #8BCE4A

tetradic

#4A8BCE #CE4ACD #CE8D4A #4ACE4B

square

#4A8BCE #CE4ACD #CE8D4A #4ACE4B

split-complementary

#4A8BCE #CE4B4A #CDCE4A

monochromatic

#224E7C #2F6CAC #4A8BCE #7AAADB #AAC9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4A8BCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#4A8BCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BCE

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BCE	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E8ED1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C82CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acdd',
    500: '#4a8bce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bce;
$custom-light: #89acdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.455,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62387,
    "c": 0.12183,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.24377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BCE

secondary

#D6BA9E

accent

#9547E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BCE

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

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