#4A8CCB#4A8CCB

#4A8CCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 249.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CCB
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 31%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, -1.48, -38.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 38.82, 267.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0415 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.117 249.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9776, 24.5216, 60.0105)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CCB #CB894A

analogous

#4ACBC9 #4A8CCB #4A4CCB

triadic

#4A8CCB #CB4A8C #8CCB4A

tetradic

#4A8CCB #C94ACB #CB894A #4CCB4A

square

#4A8CCB #C94ACB #CB894A #4CCB4A

split-complementary

#4A8CCB #CB4A4C #CBC94A

monochromatic

#234E78 #306DA8 #4A8CCB #7AAAD9 #A9C8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4A8CCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4A8CCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CCB

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CCB	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#718FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ccb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 249.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88addb',
    500: '#4a8ccb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ccb;
$custom-light: #88addb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ccb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.302,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62454,
    "c": 0.1172,
    "h": 249.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CCB

secondary

#D4B89D

accent

#9249DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CCB

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

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