#4A8CCC#4A8CCC

#4A8CCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 249.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8CCC
RGB	rgb(74, 140, 204)
HSL	hsl(210, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(210, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 31.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -1.15, -39.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 39.30, 268.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0413 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.118 249.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.0972, 24.5694, 60.6402)
Luminance	0.2457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8CCC #CC8A4A

analogous

#4ACCCB #4A8CCC #4A4BCC

triadic

#4A8CCC #CC4A8C #8CCC4A

tetradic

#4A8CCC #CB4ACC #CC8A4A #4BCC4A

square

#4A8CCC #CB4ACC #CC8A4A #4BCC4A

split-complementary

#4A8CCC #CC4A4B #CCCB4A

monochromatic

#224E79 #306DA9 #4A8CCC #7AAAD9 #A9C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4A8CCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4A8CCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8CCC

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8CCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8CCC	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F82CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 140, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 249.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89addc',
    500: '#4a8ccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ccc;
$custom-light: #89addc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.538,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62506,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 249.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8CCC

secondary

#D4B89D

accent

#9348DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8CCC

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

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