#4A8EC3#4A8EC3

#4A8EC3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.106 H 244.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EC3
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 195)
HSL	hsl(206, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(206, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 27.2%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.82, -5.30, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.82, 34.35, 261.13°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0461 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.106 244.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.3437, 24.7398, 55.2169)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EC3 #C37F4A

analogous

#4AC3BB #4A8EC3 #4A52C3

triadic

#4A8EC3 #C34A8E #8EC34A

tetradic

#4A8EC3 #BB4AC3 #C37F4A #52C34A

square

#4A8EC3 #BB4AC3 #C37F4A #52C34A

split-complementary

#4A8EC3 #C34A52 #C3BB4A

monochromatic

#244E6E #346E9C #4A8EC3 #78ABD2 #A6C7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4A8EC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4A8EC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EC3

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EC3	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778FC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6683C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009BA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ec3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.106 244.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87aed5',
    500: '#4a8ec3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ec3;
$custom-light: #87aed5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ec3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.281,
    "s": 50.207,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62503,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 244.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EC3

secondary

#CFB19A

accent

#8B4EDA

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EC3

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

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