#4A8EA7#4A8EA7

#4A8EA7 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.078 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EA7
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 167)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 15%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, -14.20, -19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 24.33, 234.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.22% -0.0561 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(61.22% 0.078 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.4694, 23.5901, 40.0791)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EA7 #A7634A

analogous

#4AA792 #4A8EA7 #4A60A7

triadic

#4A8EA7 #A74A8E #8EA74A

tetradic

#4A8EA7 #924AA7 #A7634A #60A74A

square

#4A8EA7 #924AA7 #A7634A #60A74A

split-complementary

#4A8EA7 #A74A60 #A7924A

monochromatic

#244652 #376A7D #4A8EA7 #6FAABF #99C3D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#4A8EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#4A8EA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EA7

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EA7	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808BA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7381A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.078 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc1',
    500: '#4a8ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ea7;
$custom-light: #84afc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.129,
    "s": 38.589,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61215,
    "c": 0.07844,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EA7

secondary

#BE9B8E

accent

#7959CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EA7

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

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