#4A8DBF#4A8DBF

#4A8DBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.102 H 243.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DBF
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 191)
HSL	hsl(206, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 26.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -6.04, -32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 32.96, 259.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0463 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.102 243)
XYZ	xyz(21.7494, 24.2651, 52.8176)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DBF #BF7C4A

analogous

#4ABFB7 #4A8DBF #4A53BF

triadic

#4A8DBF #BF4A8D #8DBF4A

tetradic

#4A8DBF #B74ABF #BF7C4A #53BF4A

square

#4A8DBF #B74ABF #BF7C4A #53BF4A

split-complementary

#4A8DBF #BF4A53 #BFB74A

monochromatic

#254C69 #356D97 #4A8DBF #77A9CF #A4C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4A8DBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4A8DBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DBF

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DBF	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6782BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.102 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed2',
    500: '#4a8dbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dbf;
$custom-light: #87aed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.641,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62074,
    "c": 0.10216,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.24267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DBF

secondary

#CCAF99

accent

#8A50D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DBF

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

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