#4A8DB1#4A8DB1

#4A8DB1 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.087 H 234.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DB1
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 177)
HSL	hsl(201, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -10.54, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 27.45, 247.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.41% -0.0511 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(61.41% 0.087 234.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.2817, 23.6781, 45.0879)
Luminance	0.2368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DB1 #B16E4A

analogous

#4AB1A2 #4A8DB1 #4A5AB1

triadic

#4A8DB1 #B14A8D #8DB14A

tetradic

#4A8DB1 #A24AB1 #B16E4A #5AB14A

square

#4A8DB1 #A24AB1 #B16E4A #5AB14A

split-complementary

#4A8DB1 #B14A5A #B1A24A

monochromatic

#26485B #386B86 #4A8DB1 #74A8C5 #9FC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4A8DB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4A8DB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DB1

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DB1	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8CB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8db1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.087 234.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec8',
    500: '#4a8db1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8db1;
$custom-light: #85aec8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8db1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.971,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61414,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 234.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DB1

secondary

#C3A493

accent

#8257D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DB1

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

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