#4A8EBD#4A8EBD

#4A8EBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.099 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EBD
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 189)
HSL	hsl(205, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 24.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -7.26, -30.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 31.78, 256.79°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.0481 -0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.099 241)
XYZ	xyz(21.6789, 24.4739, 51.7157)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EBD #BD794A

analogous

#4ABDB3 #4A8EBD #4A55BD

triadic

#4A8EBD #BD4A8E #8EBD4A

tetradic

#4A8EBD #B34ABD #BD794A #55BD4A

square

#4A8EBD #B34ABD #BD794A #55BD4A

split-complementary

#4A8EBD #BD4A55 #BDB34A

monochromatic

#264C67 #366D94 #4A8EBD #77AACD #A4C6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#4A8EBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#4A8EBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EBD

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EBD	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798EBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6983BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ebd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.099 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd1',
    500: '#4a8ebd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ebd;
$custom-light: #87afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ebd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.522,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62209,
    "c": 0.09926,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.24476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EBD

secondary

#CBAD98

accent

#8852D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EBD

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

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