#4A8DAF#4A8DAF

#4A8DAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.085 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DAF
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 175)
HSL	hsl(200, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 19.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.68, -11.17, -24.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.68, 26.77, 245.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.32% -0.0519 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(61.32% 0.085 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.0838, 23.5989, 44.0458)
Luminance	0.2360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DAF #AF6C4A

analogous

#4AAF9F #4A8DAF #4A5BAF

triadic

#4A8DAF #AF4A8D #8DAF4A

tetradic

#4A8DAF #9F4AAF #AF6C4A #5BAF4A

square

#4A8DAF #9F4AAF #AF6C4A #5BAF4A

split-complementary

#4A8DAF #AF4A5B #AF9F4A

monochromatic

#264859 #386A84 #4A8DAF #73A8C4 #9EC3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4A8DAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4A8DAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DAF

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DAF	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8BB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E81AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8daf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.085 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec7',
    500: '#4a8daf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8daf;
$custom-light: #85aec7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8daf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.198,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61324,
    "c": 0.0854,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DAF

secondary

#C2A392

accent

#8057D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DAF

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

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