#4A8EA3#4A8EA3

#4A8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.076 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EA3
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(194, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(194, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.6%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -15.41, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 23.46, 228.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% -0.0576 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.076 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1054, 23.4445, 38.1616)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EA3 #A35F4A

analogous

#4AA38C #4A8EA3 #4A62A3

triadic

#4A8EA3 #A34A8E #8EA34A

tetradic

#4A8EA3 #8C4AA3 #A35F4A #62A34A

square

#4A8EA3 #8C4AA3 #A35F4A #62A34A

split-complementary

#4A8EA3 #A34A62 #A38C4A

monochromatic

#24454F #376979 #4A8EA3 #6DAABD #97C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4A8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#4A8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EA3

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EA3	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.076 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbe',
    500: '#4a8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ea3;
$custom-light: #84afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.157,
    "s": 37.553,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61048,
    "c": 0.07568,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EA3

secondary

#BC988D

accent

#755ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EA3

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

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