#4A8DCD#4A8DCD

#4A8DCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8DCD
RGB	rgb(74, 141, 205)
HSL	hsl(209, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 31.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.99, -1.39, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.99, 39.35, 267.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.042 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.119 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3643, 24.9111, 61.3228)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8DCD #CD8A4A

analogous

#4ACDCC #4A8DCD #4A4CCD

triadic

#4A8DCD #CD4A8D #8DCD4A

tetradic

#4A8DCD #CC4ACD #CD8A4A #4CCD4A

square

#4A8DCD #CC4ACD #CD8A4A #4CCD4A

split-complementary

#4A8DCD #CD4A4C #CDCC4A

monochromatic

#224F7B #2F6EAB #4A8DCD #7AABDA #AAC9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4A8DCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4A8DCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8DCD

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8DCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8DCD	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7190D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F83CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8dcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 141, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aedc',
    500: '#4a8dcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8dcd;
$custom-light: #89aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8dcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.313,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.11879,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8DCD

secondary

#D5B99E

accent

#9248E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8DCD

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

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