#4A8EC7#4A8EC7

#4A8EC7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.111 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8EC7
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 199)
HSL	hsl(207, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.8%, 28.6%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -3.98, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 36.14, 263.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0449 -0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.111 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8020, 24.9231, 57.6307)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8EC7 #C7834A

analogous

#4AC7C1 #4A8EC7 #4A4FC7

triadic

#4A8EC7 #C74A8E #8EC74A

tetradic

#4A8EC7 #C14AC7 #C7834A #4FC74A

square

#4A8EC7 #C14AC7 #C7834A #4FC74A

split-complementary

#4A8EC7 #C74A4F #C7C14A

monochromatic

#244F73 #326FA2 #4A8EC7 #79ABD5 #A7C8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4A8EC7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#4A8EC7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8EC7

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8EC7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8EC7	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7590CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6483C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ec7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.111 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aed8',
    500: '#4a8ec7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ec7;
$custom-light: #88aed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ec7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.36,
    "s": 52.743,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62703,
    "c": 0.11072,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8EC7

secondary

#D1B49C

accent

#8E4CDC

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8EC7

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

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