#4A8CB1#4A8CB1

#4A8CB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.088 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CB1
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 177)
HSL	hsl(202, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(202, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 20.9%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.47, -9.98, -25.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.47, 27.66, 248.85°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.05 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.088 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.1349, 23.3845, 45.0390)
Luminance	0.2339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CB1 #B16F4A

analogous

#4AB1A3 #4A8CB1 #4A59B1

triadic

#4A8CB1 #B14A8C #8CB14A

tetradic

#4A8CB1 #A34AB1 #B16F4A #59B14A

square

#4A8CB1 #A34AB1 #B16F4A #59B14A

split-complementary

#4A8CB1 #B14A59 #B1A34A

monochromatic

#26485B #386A86 #4A8CB1 #74A8C5 #9FC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4A8CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4A8CB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CB1

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CB1	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C80B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.088 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adc8',
    500: '#4a8cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cb1;
$custom-light: #85adc8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.553,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61177,
    "c": 0.08772,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CB1

secondary

#C3A593

accent

#8357D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CB1

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

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