#4A8DC0#4A8DC0

#4A8DC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.103 H 243.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DC0
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 192)
HSL	hsl(206, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 26.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -5.71, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 33.39, 260.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.12% -0.046 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(62.12% 0.103 243.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.8598, 24.3093, 53.3991)
Luminance	0.2431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DC0 #C07D4A

analogous

#4AC0B8 #4A8DC0 #4A52C0

triadic

#4A8DC0 #C04A8D #8DC04A

tetradic

#4A8DC0 #B84AC0 #C07D4A #52C04A

square

#4A8DC0 #B84AC0 #C07D4A #52C04A

split-complementary

#4A8DC0 #C04A52 #C0B84A

monochromatic

#254D6B #356D98 #4A8DC0 #77AAD0 #A5C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4A8DC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#4A8DC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DC0

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DC0	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.103 243.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed3',
    500: '#4a8dc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dc0;
$custom-light: #87aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.932,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62123,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 243.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DC0

secondary

#CDAF99

accent

#8B50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DC0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →