#4A8EBC#4A8EBC

#4A8EBC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.098 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EBC
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 188)
HSL	hsl(204, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 24.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, -7.59, -30.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 31.37, 256.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0484 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.098 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.5707, 24.4306, 51.1460)
Luminance	0.2443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EBC #BC784A

analogous

#4ABCB1 #4A8EBC #4A55BC

triadic

#4A8EBC #BC4A8E #8EBC4A

tetradic

#4A8EBC #B14ABC #BC784A #55BC4A

square

#4A8EBC #B14ABC #BC784A #55BC4A

split-complementary

#4A8EBC #BC4A55 #BCB14A

monochromatic

#264C66 #366D93 #4A8EBC #77AACD #A3C6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4A8EBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4A8EBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EBC

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EBC	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A82BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.098 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afd0',
    500: '#4a8ebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ebc;
$custom-light: #86afd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.211,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62161,
    "c": 0.09816,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EBC

secondary

#CAAC98

accent

#8752D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EBC

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

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