#4A8CB0#4A8CB0

#4A8CB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.087 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CB0
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 176)
HSL	hsl(201, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 20.5%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -10.30, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 27.31, 247.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0504 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.087 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0356, 23.3448, 44.5160)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CB0 #B06E4A

analogous

#4AB0A1 #4A8CB0 #4A59B0

triadic

#4A8CB0 #B04A8C #8CB04A

tetradic

#4A8CB0 #A14AB0 #B06E4A #59B04A

square

#4A8CB0 #A14AB0 #B06E4A #59B04A

split-complementary

#4A8CB0 #B04A59 #B0A14A

monochromatic

#26475A #386A85 #4A8CB0 #73A8C4 #9EC2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4A8CB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#4A8CB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CB0

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CB0	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D80AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.087 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adc7',
    500: '#4a8cb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cb0;
$custom-light: #85adc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61132,
    "c": 0.08674,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CB0

secondary

#C3A493

accent

#8257D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CB0

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

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