#4A8EA5#4A8EA5

#4A8EA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.077 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EA5
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 13.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.60, -14.81, -18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.60, 23.87, 231.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.13% -0.0568 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(61.13% 0.077 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.2860, 23.5167, 39.1129)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EA5 #A5614A

analogous

#4AA58F #4A8EA5 #4A61A5

triadic

#4A8EA5 #A54A8E #8EA54A

tetradic

#4A8EA5 #8F4AA5 #A5614A #61A54A

square

#4A8EA5 #8F4AA5 #A5614A #61A54A

split-complementary

#4A8EA5 #A54A61 #A58F4A

monochromatic

#244550 #376A7B #4A8EA5 #6EAABE #98C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#4A8EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#4A8EA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EA5

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EA5	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#818BA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009595

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.077 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afbf',
    500: '#4a8ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ea5;
$custom-light: #84afbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.165,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61131,
    "c": 0.07701,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EA5

secondary

#BD9A8E

accent

#775ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EA5

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

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