#4A8FA5#4A8FA5

#4A8FA5 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.077 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8FA5
RGB	rgb(74, 143, 165)
HSL	hsl(195, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(195, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -15.36, -18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 23.86, 229.94°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% -0.058 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.077 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.4354, 23.8156, 39.1627)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8FA5 #A5604A

analogous

#4AA58D #4A8FA5 #4A62A5

triadic

#4A8FA5 #A54A8F #8FA54A

tetradic

#4A8FA5 #8D4AA5 #A5604A #62A54A

square

#4A8FA5 #8D4AA5 #A5604A #62A54A

split-complementary

#4A8FA5 #A54A62 #A58D4A

monochromatic

#244650 #376A7B #4A8FA5 #6EABBE #98C3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#4A8FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#4A8FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8FA5

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8FA5	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828CA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7482A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 143, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.077 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b0bf',
    500: '#4a8fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8fa5;
$custom-light: #84b0bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.505,
    "s": 38.075,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61372,
    "c": 0.07702,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8FA5

secondary

#BD998E

accent

#765ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8FA5

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

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