#4A8DCB#4A8DCB

#4A8DCB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.116 H 248.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DCB
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 203)
HSL	hsl(209, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 30.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -2.06, -38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 38.40, 266.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0426 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.116 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1244, 24.8151, 60.0595)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DCB #CB884A

analogous

#4ACBC9 #4A8DCB #4A4DCB

triadic

#4A8DCB #CB4A8D #8DCB4A

tetradic

#4A8DCB #C94ACB #CB884A #4DCB4A

square

#4A8DCB #C94ACB #CB884A #4DCB4A

split-complementary

#4A8DCB #CB4A4D #CBC94A

monochromatic

#234F78 #306EA8 #4A8DCB #7AABD9 #A9C9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4A8DCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4A8DCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DCB

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DCB	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#728FCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6083CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.116 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedb',
    500: '#4a8dcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dcb;
$custom-light: #88aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.837,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62681,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DCB

secondary

#D4B79D

accent

#9149DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DCB

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

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