#4A8DB7#4A8DB7

#4A8DB7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.093 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DB7
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 183)
HSL	hsl(203, 43%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 23%, 0%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -8.63, -28.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 29.67, 253.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.049 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.093 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.8929, 23.9225, 48.3070)
Luminance	0.2392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DB7 #B7744A

analogous

#4AB7AA #4A8DB7 #4A56B7

triadic

#4A8DB7 #B74A8D #8DB74A

tetradic

#4A8DB7 #AA4AB7 #B7744A #56B74A

square

#4A8DB7 #AA4AB7 #B7744A #56B74A

split-complementary

#4A8DB7 #B74A56 #B7AA4A

monochromatic

#264A60 #386C8C #4A8DB7 #76A9C8 #A2C4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4A8DB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4A8DB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DB7

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DB7	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8CB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B81B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8db7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.093 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aecc',
    500: '#4a8db7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8db7;
$custom-light: #86aecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8db7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.119,
    "s": 43.083,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61691,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DB7

secondary

#C7A996

accent

#8555D3

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DB7

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

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