#4A8DB5#4A8DB5

#4A8DB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.091 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DB5
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 181)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 22.1%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -9.27, -27.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 28.90, 251.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.6% -0.0497 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(61.6% 0.091 237)
XYZ	xyz(20.6863, 23.8399, 47.2185)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DB5 #B5724A

analogous

#4AB5A8 #4A8DB5 #4A57B5

triadic

#4A8DB5 #B54A8D #8DB54A

tetradic

#4A8DB5 #A84AB5 #B5724A #57B54A

square

#4A8DB5 #A84AB5 #B5724A #57B54A

split-complementary

#4A8DB5 #B54A57 #B5A84A

monochromatic

#26495E #386B8A #4A8DB5 #75A8C7 #A1C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4A8DB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#4A8DB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DB5

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DB5	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C81B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00979A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8db5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.091 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aecb',
    500: '#4a8db5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8db5;
$custom-light: #86aecb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8db5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.43,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61597,
    "c": 0.09129,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.23842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DB5

secondary

#C5A795

accent

#8456D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DB5

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

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