#4A8DB2#4A8DB2

#4A8DB2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.088 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DB2
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 178)
HSL	hsl(201, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 20.8%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, -10.23, -25.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 27.80, 248.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0508 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.088 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.3818, 23.7181, 45.6148)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DB2 #B26F4A

analogous

#4AB2A3 #4A8DB2 #4A59B2

triadic

#4A8DB2 #B24A8D #8DB24A

tetradic

#4A8DB2 #A34AB2 #B26F4A #59B24A

square

#4A8DB2 #A34AB2 #B26F4A #59B24A

split-complementary

#4A8DB2 #B24A59 #B2A34A

monochromatic

#26495C #386B87 #4A8DB2 #74A8C5 #9FC3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4A8DB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#4A8DB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DB2

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DB2	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)

#7B8CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8db2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.088 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aec9',
    500: '#4a8db2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8db2;
$custom-light: #85aec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8db2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.346,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61459,
    "c": 0.08828,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DB2

secondary

#C4A594

accent

#8257D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DB2

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

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