#4A8CB7#4A8CB7

#4A8CB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.094 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CB7
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 183)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 23.5%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.71, -8.07, -28.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.71, 29.95, 254.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0479 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.094 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.7462, 23.6290, 48.2581)
Luminance	0.2363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CB7 #B7754A

analogous

#4AB7AC #4A8CB7 #4A55B7

triadic

#4A8CB7 #B74A8C #8CB74A

tetradic

#4A8CB7 #AC4AB7 #B7754A #55B74A

square

#4A8CB7 #AC4AB7 #B7754A #55B74A

split-complementary

#4A8CB7 #B74A55 #B7AC4A

monochromatic

#264960 #386B8C #4A8CB7 #76A8C8 #A2C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4A8CB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4A8CB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CB7

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CB7	1.00	3.67	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A81B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8cb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.094 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86adcc',
    500: '#4a8cb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8cb7;
$custom-light: #86adcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8cb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.67,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61456,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CB7

secondary

#C7A996

accent

#8755D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CB7

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

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