#4A8CB3#4A8CB3

#4A8CB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.090 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CB3
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -9.35, -26.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 28.40, 250.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0493 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.09 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.3357, 23.4648, 46.0966)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CB3 #B3714A

analogous

#4AB3A6 #4A8CB3 #4A57B3

triadic

#4A8CB3 #B34A8C #8CB34A

tetradic

#4A8CB3 #A64AB3 #B3714A #57B34A

square

#4A8CB3 #A64AB3 #B3714A #57B34A

split-complementary

#4A8CB3 #B34A57 #B3A64A

monochromatic

#26485C #386A88 #4A8CB3 #74A8C6 #A0C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4A8CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4A8CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CB3

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CB3	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B80B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.090 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adca',
    500: '#4a8cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cb3;
$custom-light: #85adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61269,
    "c": 0.08974,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CB3

secondary

#C4A694

accent

#8456D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CB3

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

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