#4A8EB5#4A8EB5

#4A8EB5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.091 H 236.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EB5
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 181)
HSL	hsl(202, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 21.5%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, -9.83, -26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 28.65, 249.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0508 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.091 236)
XYZ	xyz(20.8344, 24.1361, 47.2679)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EB5 #B5714A

analogous

#4AB5A6 #4A8EB5 #4A59B5

triadic

#4A8EB5 #B54A8E #8EB54A

tetradic

#4A8EB5 #A64AB5 #B5714A #59B54A

square

#4A8EB5 #A64AB5 #B5714A #59B54A

split-complementary

#4A8EB5 #B54A59 #B5A64A

monochromatic

#264A5E #386C8A #4A8EB5 #75A9C7 #A1C4D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4A8EB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#4A8EB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EB5

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EB5	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8eb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.091 236.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afcb',
    500: '#4a8eb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8eb5;
$custom-light: #86afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8eb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.869,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61833,
    "c": 0.09081,
    "h": 236
  },
  "luminance": 0.24138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EB5

secondary

#C5A795

accent

#8356D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EB5

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

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