#4A8DAE#4A8DAE

#4A8DAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.084 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DAE
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 174)
HSL	hsl(200, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 19%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -11.49, -23.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 26.44, 244.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.28% -0.0522 -0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(61.28% 0.084 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9860, 23.5598, 43.5304)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DAE #AE6B4A

analogous

#4AAE9D #4A8DAE #4A5BAE

triadic

#4A8DAE #AE4A8D #8DAE4A

tetradic

#4A8DAE #9D4AAE #AE6B4A #5BAE4A

square

#4A8DAE #9D4AAE #AE6B4A #5BAE4A

split-complementary

#4A8DAE #AE4A5B #AE9D4A

monochromatic

#254758 #386A83 #4A8DAE #72A8C3 #9DC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4A8DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#4A8DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DAE

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DAE	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F81AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.084 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec6',
    500: '#4a8dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dae;
$custom-light: #85aec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61279,
    "c": 0.08448,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DAE

secondary

#C2A292

accent

#7F58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DAE

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

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