#4A8ECC#4A8ECC

#4A8ECC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.117 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8ECC
RGB	rgb(74, 142, 204)
HSL	hsl(209, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 30.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -2.31, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 38.45, 266.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0433 -0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.117 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3921, 25.1592, 60.7385)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8ECC #CC884A

analogous

#4ACCC9 #4A8ECC #4A4DCC

triadic

#4A8ECC #CC4A8E #8ECC4A

tetradic

#4A8ECC #C94ACC #CC884A #4DCC4A

square

#4A8ECC #C94ACC #CC884A #4DCC4A

split-complementary

#4A8ECC #CC4A4D #CCC94A

monochromatic

#225079 #306FA9 #4A8ECC #7AACD9 #A9CAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#4A8ECC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#4A8ECC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8ECC

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8ECC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8ECC	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7390CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6184CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009DA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8ecc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 142, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.117 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aedc',
    500: '#4a8ecc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8ecc;
$custom-light: #89aedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8ecc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.615,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6296,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8ECC

secondary

#D4B89D

accent

#9048DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8ECC

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

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