#4A8FAF#4A8FAF

#4A8FAF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.085 H 230.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8FAF
RGB	rgb(74, 143, 175)
HSL	hsl(199, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 18.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -12.28, -23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 26.43, 242.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0541 -0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.085 230.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.3814, 24.1940, 44.1450)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8FAF #AF6A4A

analogous

#4AAF9D #4A8FAF #4A5DAF

triadic

#4A8FAF #AF4A8F #8FAF4A

tetradic

#4A8FAF #9D4AAF #AF6A4A #5DAF4A

square

#4A8FAF #9D4AAF #AF6A4A #5DAF4A

split-complementary

#4A8FAF #AF4A5D #AF9D4A

monochromatic

#264959 #386C84 #4A8FAF #73AAC4 #9EC4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#4A8FAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#4A8FAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8FAF

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8FAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8FAF	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7182AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8faf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 143, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.085 230.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc7',
    500: '#4a8faf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8faf;
$custom-light: #85afc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8faf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.01,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61799,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 230.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8FAF

secondary

#C2A292

accent

#7E57D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8FAF

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

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