#4A8EBF#4A8EBF

#4A8EBF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.101 H 242.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EBF
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 191)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 25.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.65, -6.61, -31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.65, 32.62, 258.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0474 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.101 242.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8975, 24.5613, 52.8669)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EBF #BF7B4A

analogous

#4ABFB5 #4A8EBF #4A54BF

triadic

#4A8EBF #BF4A8E #8EBF4A

tetradic

#4A8EBF #B54ABF #BF7B4A #54BF4A

square

#4A8EBF #B54ABF #BF7B4A #54BF4A

split-complementary

#4A8EBF #BF4A54 #BFB54A

monochromatic

#254D69 #356E97 #4A8EBF #77AACF #A4C6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4A8EBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#4A8EBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EBF

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EBF	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788EC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6883BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ebf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.101 242.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed2',
    500: '#4a8ebf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ebf;
$custom-light: #87aed2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ebf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.128,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62306,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 242.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EBF

secondary

#CCAE99

accent

#8950D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EBF

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

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