#4A8DC8#4A8DC8

#4A8DC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.113 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DC8
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 200)
HSL	hsl(208, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 29.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -3.07, -36.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 36.99, 265.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0435 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.113 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7704, 24.6735, 58.1948)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DC8 #C8854A

analogous

#4AC8C4 #4A8DC8 #4A4EC8

triadic

#4A8DC8 #C84A8D #8DC84A

tetradic

#4A8DC8 #C44AC8 #C8854A #4EC84A

square

#4A8DC8 #C44AC8 #C8854A #4EC84A

split-complementary

#4A8DC8 #C84A4E #C8C44A

monochromatic

#234E74 #326EA3 #4A8DC8 #79ABD6 #A8C8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4A8DC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#4A8DC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DC8

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DC8	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#738FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6283C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.113 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed9',
    500: '#4a8dc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dc8;
$custom-light: #88aed9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.095,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62526,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DC8

secondary

#D2B59C

accent

#8F4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DC8

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

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