#4A8DC1#4A8DC1

#4A8DC1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.104 H 244.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DC1
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 193)
HSL	hsl(206, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 26.9%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -5.38, -33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 33.83, 260.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0457 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.104 244.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9710, 24.3537, 53.9846)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DC1 #C17E4A

analogous

#4AC1B9 #4A8DC1 #4A52C1

triadic

#4A8DC1 #C14A8D #8DC14A

tetradic

#4A8DC1 #B94AC1 #C17E4A #52C14A

square

#4A8DC1 #B94AC1 #C17E4A #52C14A

split-complementary

#4A8DC1 #C14A52 #C1B94A

monochromatic

#254D6C #356D99 #4A8DC1 #78AAD1 #A5C6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4A8DC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4A8DC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DC1

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DC1	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#768EC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6682C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.104 244.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed4',
    500: '#4a8dc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dc1;
$custom-light: #87aed4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.218,
    "s": 48.971,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62173,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 244.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DC1

secondary

#CDB099

accent

#8B4FD9

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DC1

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

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