#4A8EA2#4A8EA2

#4A8EA2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.075 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EA2
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 162)
HSL	hsl(194, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 12.3%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.49, -15.71, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.49, 23.27, 227.53°)
OKLab	oklab(61.01% -0.058 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(61.01% 0.075 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0161, 23.4088, 37.6916)
Luminance	0.2341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EA2 #A25E4A

analogous

#4AA28A #4A8EA2 #4A62A2

triadic

#4A8EA2 #A24A8E #8EA24A

tetradic

#4A8EA2 #8A4AA2 #A25E4A #62A24A

square

#4A8EA2 #8A4AA2 #A25E4A #62A24A

split-complementary

#4A8EA2 #A24A62 #A28A4A

monochromatic

#24444E #376978 #4A8EA2 #6DAABC #97C3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#4A8EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#4A8EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EA2

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EA2	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#029594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.075 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbd',
    500: '#4a8ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ea2;
$custom-light: #84afbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61007,
    "c": 0.07505,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EA2

secondary

#BC978C

accent

#755BCD

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EA2

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

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