#4A8DAC#4A8DAC

#4A8DAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.083 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DAC
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 172)
HSL	hsl(199, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 18%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, -12.11, -22.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 25.81, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.053 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.083 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.7925, 23.4824, 42.5112)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DAC #AC694A

analogous

#4AAC9A #4A8DAC #4A5CAC

triadic

#4A8DAC #AC4A8D #8DAC4A

tetradic

#4A8DAC #9A4AAC #AC694A #5CAC4A

square

#4A8DAC #9A4AAC #AC694A #5CAC4A

split-complementary

#4A8DAC #AC4A5C #AC9A4A

monochromatic

#254756 #386A81 #4A8DAC #71A8C2 #9CC3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4A8DAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4A8DAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DAC

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DAC	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.083 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84aec4',
    500: '#4a8dac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dac;
$custom-light: #84aec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.98,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61191,
    "c": 0.08268,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DAC

secondary

#C1A091

accent

#7E58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DAC

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

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