#4A8EA9#4A8EA9

#4A8EA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.080 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EA9
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 169)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 16%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -13.59, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 24.84, 236.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.3% -0.0553 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(61.3% 0.08 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6557, 23.6646, 41.0603)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EA9 #A9654A

analogous

#4AA995 #4A8EA9 #4A5EA9

triadic

#4A8EA9 #A94A8E #8EA94A

tetradic

#4A8EA9 #954AA9 #A9654A #5EA94A

square

#4A8EA9 #954AA9 #A9654A #5EA94A

split-complementary

#4A8EA9 #A94A5E #A9954A

monochromatic

#254654 #376A7E #4A8EA9 #70A9C0 #9AC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#4A8EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#4A8EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EA9

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EA9	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8BAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7281A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.080 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc2',
    500: '#4a8ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ea9;
$custom-light: #84afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.053,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.613,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EA9

secondary

#BF9D8F

accent

#7A59CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EA9

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

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