#4A8FB3#4A8FB3

#4A8FB3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.088 H 233.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8FB3
RGB	rgb(74, 143, 179)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -11.03, -25.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 27.73, 246.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0527 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.088 233.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.7801, 24.3535, 46.2447)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8FB3 #B36E4A

analogous

#4AB3A2 #4A8FB3 #4A5BB3

triadic

#4A8FB3 #B34A8F #8FB34A

tetradic

#4A8FB3 #A24AB3 #B36E4A #5BB34A

square

#4A8FB3 #A24AB3 #B36E4A #5BB34A

split-complementary

#4A8FB3 #B34A5B #B3A24A

monochromatic

#264A5C #386C88 #4A8FB3 #74AAC6 #A0C4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#4A8FB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#4A8FB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8FB3

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8FB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8FB3	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F83B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8fb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 143, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.088 233.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc9',
    500: '#4a8fb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8fb3;
$custom-light: #85afc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8fb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61978,
    "c": 0.08843,
    "h": 233.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8FB3

secondary

#C4A594

accent

#8156D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8FB3

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

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