#4A8DC3#4A8DC3

#4A8DC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.107 H 245.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DC3
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 195)
HSL	hsl(207, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(207, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 27.7%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.53, -4.72, -34.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.53, 34.72, 262.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.045 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.107 245.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1956, 24.4436, 55.1676)
Luminance	0.2445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DC3 #C3804A

analogous

#4AC3BC #4A8DC3 #4A50C3

triadic

#4A8DC3 #C34A8D #8DC34A

tetradic

#4A8DC3 #BC4AC3 #C3804A #50C34A

square

#4A8DC3 #BC4AC3 #C3804A #50C34A

split-complementary

#4A8DC3 #C34A50 #C3BC4A

monochromatic

#244D6E #346E9C #4A8DC3 #78AAD2 #A6C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4A8DC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4A8DC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DC3

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DC3	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#758EC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6582C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009AA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.107 245.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed5',
    500: '#4a8dc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dc3;
$custom-light: #87aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.777,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62272,
    "c": 0.10677,
    "h": 245.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DC3

secondary

#CFB29A

accent

#8C4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DC3

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

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