#4A8BD0#4A8BD0

#4A8BD0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 251.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8BD0
RGB	rgb(74, 139, 208)
HSL	hsl(211, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 33.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, 0.79, -41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 41.70, 271.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0391 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.124 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4377, 24.4728, 63.1508)
Luminance	0.2447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8BD0 #D08F4A

analogous

#4ACED0 #4A8BD0 #4C4AD0

triadic

#4A8BD0 #D04A8B #8BD04A

tetradic

#4A8BD0 #D04ACE #D08F4A #4AD04C

square

#4A8BD0 #D04ACE #D08F4A #4AD04C

split-complementary

#4A8BD0 #D04C4A #CED04A

monochromatic

#214E7F #2E6CAF #4A8BD0 #7BAADD #ABC9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4A8BD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4A8BD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8BD0

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8BD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8BD0	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D8FD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B82CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8bd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 139, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89acde',
    500: '#4a8bd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8bd0;
$custom-light: #89acde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8bd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.896,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62494,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8BD0

secondary

#D7BC9F

accent

#9646E2

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8BD0

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

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