#4A8DAD#4A8DAD

#4A8DAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.084 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DAD
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 173)
HSL	hsl(199, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -11.80, -23.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 26.12, 243.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0526 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.084 231)
XYZ	xyz(19.8889, 23.5209, 43.0189)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DAD #AD6A4A

analogous

#4AAD9B #4A8DAD #4A5BAD

triadic

#4A8DAD #AD4A8D #8DAD4A

tetradic

#4A8DAD #9B4AAD #AD6A4A #5BAD4A

square

#4A8DAD #9B4AAD #AD6A4A #5BAD4A

split-complementary

#4A8DAD #AD4A5B #AD9B4A

monochromatic

#254757 #386A82 #4A8DAD #72A8C3 #9DC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4A8DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4A8DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DAD

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DAD	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#7D8BAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.084 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec5',
    500: '#4a8dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dad;
$custom-light: #85aec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61235,
    "c": 0.08357,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.23523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DAD

secondary

#C1A191

accent

#7F58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DAD

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

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