#4A8EB0#4A8EB0

#4A8EB0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.086 H 232.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EB0
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 176)
HSL	hsl(200, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(200, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 19.3%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -11.42, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 26.91, 244.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0526 -0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.086 232.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3305, 23.9346, 44.6143)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EB0 #B06C4A

analogous

#4AB09F #4A8EB0 #4A5BB0

triadic

#4A8EB0 #B04A8E #8EB04A

tetradic

#4A8EB0 #9F4AB0 #B06C4A #5BB04A

square

#4A8EB0 #9F4AB0 #B06C4A #5BB04A

split-complementary

#4A8EB0 #B04A5B #B09F4A

monochromatic

#26485A #386B85 #4A8EB0 #73A9C4 #9EC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4A8EB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4A8EB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EB0

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EB0	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F82B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8eb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.086 232.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc7',
    500: '#4a8eb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8eb0;
$custom-light: #85afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8eb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 40.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61606,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 232.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EB0

secondary

#C3A393

accent

#8057D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EB0

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

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