#4A8EC0#4A8EC0

#4A8EC0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.103 H 242.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EC0
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 192)
HSL	hsl(205, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 26%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -6.28, -32.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 33.05, 259.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0471 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.103 242.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0079, 24.6055, 53.4485)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EC0 #C07C4A

analogous

#4AC0B7 #4A8EC0 #4A53C0

triadic

#4A8EC0 #C04A8E #8EC04A

tetradic

#4A8EC0 #B74AC0 #C07C4A #53C04A

square

#4A8EC0 #B74AC0 #C07C4A #53C04A

split-complementary

#4A8EC0 #C04A53 #C0B74A

monochromatic

#254D6B #356E98 #4A8EC0 #77AAD0 #A5C7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#4A8EC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#4A8EC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EC0

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EC0	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788FC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6883BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ec0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.103 242.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed3',
    500: '#4a8ec0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ec0;
$custom-light: #87aed3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ec0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62355,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 242.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EC0

secondary

#CDAF99

accent

#8A50D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EC0

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

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