#4A8EA4#4A8EA4

#4A8EA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.076 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EA4
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 164)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 13.4%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.56, -15.11, -18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.56, 23.66, 230.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0572 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.076 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1953, 23.4805, 38.6354)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EA4 #A4604A

analogous

#4AA48D #4A8EA4 #4A61A4

triadic

#4A8EA4 #A44A8E #8EA44A

tetradic

#4A8EA4 #8D4AA4 #A4604A #61A44A

square

#4A8EA4 #8D4AA4 #A4604A #61A44A

split-complementary

#4A8EA4 #A44A61 #A48D4A

monochromatic

#244550 #37697A #4A8EA4 #6EAABD #98C3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#4A8EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4A8EA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EA4

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EA4	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7481A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.076 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbf',
    500: '#4a8ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ea4;
$custom-light: #84afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61089,
    "c": 0.07633,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EA4

secondary

#BD998D

accent

#765ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EA4

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

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