#4A8CB5#4A8CB5

#4A8CB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.092 H 238.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CB5
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 181)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 22.7%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -8.71, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 29.16, 252.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0486 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.092 238)
XYZ	xyz(20.5395, 23.5463, 47.1696)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CB5 #B5734A

analogous

#4AB5A9 #4A8CB5 #4A56B5

triadic

#4A8CB5 #B54A8C #8CB54A

tetradic

#4A8CB5 #A94AB5 #B5734A #56B54A

square

#4A8CB5 #A94AB5 #B5734A #56B54A

split-complementary

#4A8CB5 #B54A56 #B5A94A

monochromatic

#26495E #386A8A #4A8CB5 #75A8C7 #A1C3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4A8CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4A8CB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CB5

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CB5	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A80B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.092 238.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85adcb',
    500: '#4a8cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cb5;
$custom-light: #85adcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.991,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61362,
    "c": 0.0918,
    "h": 238
  },
  "luminance": 0.23548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CB5

secondary

#C5A895

accent

#8556D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CB5

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

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