#4A8ECB#4A8ECB

#4A8ECB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.116 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ECB
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 203)
HSL	hsl(208, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 30%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, -2.64, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 37.98, 266.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0436 -0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.116 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2725, 25.1114, 60.1088)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ECB #CB874A

analogous

#4ACBC8 #4A8ECB #4A4ECB

triadic

#4A8ECB #CB4A8E #8ECB4A

tetradic

#4A8ECB #C84ACB #CB874A #4ECB4A

square

#4A8ECB #C84ACB #CB874A #4ECB4A

split-complementary

#4A8ECB #CB4A4E #CBC84A

monochromatic

#235078 #306FA8 #4A8ECB #7AACD9 #A9C9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4A8ECB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4A8ECB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ECB

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ECB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ECB	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7390CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6284CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ecb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.116 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88aedb',
    500: '#4a8ecb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ecb;
$custom-light: #88aedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ecb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.372,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62908,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ECB

secondary

#D4B79D

accent

#9049DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ECB

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

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