#4A8DB3#4A8DB3

#4A8DB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.089 H 235.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DB3
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 179)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 21.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -9.91, -26.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 28.16, 249.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.51% -0.0504 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(61.51% 0.089 235.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.4825, 23.7584, 46.1455)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DB3 #B3704A

analogous

#4AB3A5 #4A8DB3 #4A59B3

triadic

#4A8DB3 #B34A8D #8DB34A

tetradic

#4A8DB3 #A54AB3 #B3704A #59B34A

square

#4A8DB3 #A54AB3 #B3704A #59B34A

split-complementary

#4A8DB3 #B34A59 #B3A54A

monochromatic

#26495C #386B88 #4A8DB3 #74A8C6 #A0C3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4A8DB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4A8DB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DB3

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DB3	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D81B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8db3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.089 235.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85aeca',
    500: '#4a8db3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8db3;
$custom-light: #85aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8db3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.714,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61505,
    "c": 0.08927,
    "h": 235.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DB3

secondary

#C4A694

accent

#8356D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DB3

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

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