#4A8DBE#4A8DBE

#4A8DBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.101 H 242.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DBE
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 190)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 25.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -6.37, -31.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 32.53, 258.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0466 -0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.101 242.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6397, 24.2212, 52.2400)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DBE #BE7B4A

analogous

#4ABEB5 #4A8DBE #4A53BE

triadic

#4A8DBE #BE4A8D #8DBE4A

tetradic

#4A8DBE #B54ABE #BE7B4A #53BE4A

square

#4A8DBE #B54ABE #BE7B4A #53BE4A

split-complementary

#4A8DBE #BE4A53 #BEB54A

monochromatic

#254C68 #366D95 #4A8DBE #77A9CE #A4C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4A8DBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4A8DBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DBE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DBE	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#778DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.101 242.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed1',
    500: '#4a8dbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dbe;
$custom-light: #87aed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.345,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62025,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 242.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DBE

secondary

#CBAE98

accent

#8A51D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DBE

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

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