#4A8DC7#4A8DC7

#4A8DC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.112 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DC7
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 199)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 29.1%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, -3.40, -36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 36.53, 264.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0438 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.112 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6539, 24.6269, 57.5814)
Luminance	0.2463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DC7 #C7844A

analogous

#4AC7C2 #4A8DC7 #4A4EC7

triadic

#4A8DC7 #C74A8D #8DC74A

tetradic

#4A8DC7 #C24AC7 #C7844A #4EC74A

square

#4A8DC7 #C24AC7 #C7844A #4EC74A

split-complementary

#4A8DC7 #C74A4E #C7C24A

monochromatic

#244E73 #326EA2 #4A8DC7 #79AAD5 #A7C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4A8DC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4A8DC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DC7

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DC7	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#748FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6383C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dc7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.112 246.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed8',
    500: '#4a8dc7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dc7;
$custom-light: #88aed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dc7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.84,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62474,
    "c": 0.1115,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DC7

secondary

#D1B49C

accent

#8F4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DC7

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

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