#4A8DBD#4A8DBD

#4A8DBD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.100 H 241.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DBD
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 25.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -6.69, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 32.11, 257.97°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.047 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.1 241.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5308, 24.1777, 51.6663)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DBD #BD7A4A

analogous

#4ABDB3 #4A8DBD #4A54BD

triadic

#4A8DBD #BD4A8D #8DBD4A

tetradic

#4A8DBD #B34ABD #BD7A4A #54BD4A

square

#4A8DBD #B34ABD #BD7A4A #54BD4A

split-complementary

#4A8DBD #BD4A54 #BDB34A

monochromatic

#264C67 #366D94 #4A8DBD #77A9CD #A4C5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4A8DBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4A8DBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DBD

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DBD	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788DBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6882BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.100 241.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed1',
    500: '#4a8dbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dbd;
$custom-light: #87aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.043,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61977,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 241.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DBD

secondary

#CBAD98

accent

#8952D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DBD

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

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