#4A8FA9#4A8FA9

#4A8FA9 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.080 H 225.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8FA9
RGB	rgb(74, 143, 169)
HSL	hsl(196, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 15.4%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -14.14, -20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 24.76, 235.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.54% -0.0564 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(61.54% 0.08 225)
XYZ	xyz(19.8052, 23.9635, 41.1101)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8FA9 #A9644A

analogous

#4AA993 #4A8FA9 #4A5FA9

triadic

#4A8FA9 #A94A8F #8FA94A

tetradic

#4A8FA9 #934AA9 #A9644A #5FA94A

square

#4A8FA9 #934AA9 #A9644A #5FA94A

split-complementary

#4A8FA9 #A94A5F #A9934A

monochromatic

#254754 #376B7E #4A8FA9 #70AAC0 #9AC3D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4A8FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#4A8FA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8FA9

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8FA9	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818CAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7382A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 143, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.080 225.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84afc2',
    500: '#4a8fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8fa9;
$custom-light: #84afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.421,
    "s": 39.095,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6154,
    "c": 0.07985,
    "h": 225
  },
  "luminance": 0.23965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8FA9

secondary

#BF9D8F

accent

#7959CF

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F7

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8FA9

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

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