#4A8EB3#4A8EB3

#4A8EB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.089 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EB3
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 20.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -10.47, -25.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 27.94, 247.99°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0515 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.089 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6306, 24.0546, 46.1949)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EB3 #B36F4A

analogous

#4AB3A4 #4A8EB3 #4A5AB3

triadic

#4A8EB3 #B34A8E #8EB34A

tetradic

#4A8EB3 #A44AB3 #B36F4A #5AB34A

square

#4A8EB3 #A44AB3 #B36F4A #5AB34A

split-complementary

#4A8EB3 #B34A5A #B3A44A

monochromatic

#26495C #386C88 #4A8EB3 #74A9C6 #A0C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#4A8EB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#4A8EB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EB3

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EB3	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E82B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8eb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.089 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afca',
    500: '#4a8eb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8eb3;
$custom-light: #85afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8eb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.143,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61741,
    "c": 0.08884,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EB3

secondary

#C4A594

accent

#8256D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EB3

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

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