#4A8DC6#4A8DC6

#4A8DC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.110 H 246.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DC6
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 198)
HSL	hsl(208, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 28.8%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -3.73, -35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 36.07, 264.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.42% -0.0441 -0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(62.42% 0.11 246.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.5382, 24.5806, 56.9719)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DC6 #C6834A

analogous

#4AC6C1 #4A8DC6 #4A4FC6

triadic

#4A8DC6 #C64A8D #8DC64A

tetradic

#4A8DC6 #C14AC6 #C6834A #4FC64A

square

#4A8DC6 #C14AC6 #C6834A #4FC64A

split-complementary

#4A8DC6 #C64A4F #C6C14A

monochromatic

#244E72 #326EA0 #4A8DC6 #79AAD5 #A7C8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4A8DC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4A8DC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DC6

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DC6	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6382C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.110 246.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed7',
    500: '#4a8dc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dc6;
$custom-light: #88aed7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.581,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62423,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 246.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DC6

secondary

#D1B49B

accent

#8E4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DC6

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

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