#4A8ECA#4A8ECA

#4A8ECA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.114 H 247.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ECA
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 202)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 29.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.14, -2.98, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.14, 37.52, 265.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.0439 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.114 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1538, 25.0638, 59.4833)
Luminance	0.2507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ECA #CA864A

analogous

#4ACAC6 #4A8ECA #4A4ECA

triadic

#4A8ECA #CA4A8E #8ECA4A

tetradic

#4A8ECA #C64ACA #CA864A #4ECA4A

square

#4A8ECA #C64ACA #CA864A #4ECA4A

split-complementary

#4A8ECA #CA4A4E #CAC64A

monochromatic

#234F77 #316FA6 #4A8ECA #79ACD8 #A9C9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4A8ECA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4A8ECA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ECA

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ECA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ECA	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7490CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8eca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.114 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aeda',
    500: '#4a8eca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8eca;
$custom-light: #88aeda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8eca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.125,
    "s": 54.701,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62856,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ECA

secondary

#D3B69D

accent

#8F4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ECA

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

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