#4A8DBC#4A8DBC

#4A8DBC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.099 H 241.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DBC
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 188)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 25%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -7.02, -30.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 31.69, 257.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0473 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.099 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.4226, 24.1344, 51.0966)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DBC #BC794A

analogous

#4ABCB2 #4A8DBC #4A54BC

triadic

#4A8DBC #BC4A8D #8DBC4A

tetradic

#4A8DBC #B24ABC #BC794A #54BC4A

square

#4A8DBC #B24ABC #BC794A #54BC4A

split-complementary

#4A8DBC #BC4A54 #BCB24A

monochromatic

#264B66 #366C93 #4A8DBC #77A9CD #A3C5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4A8DBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4A8DBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DBC

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DBC	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.099 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86aed0',
    500: '#4a8dbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dbc;
$custom-light: #86aed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.737,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61928,
    "c": 0.09879,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DBC

secondary

#CAAC98

accent

#8852D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DBC

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

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