#4A8FB5#4A8FB5

#4A8FB5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.090 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8FB5
RGB	rgb(74, 143, 181)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 21%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.52, -10.40, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.52, 28.42, 248.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0519 -0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.09 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.9838, 24.4350, 47.3177)
Luminance	0.2444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8FB5 #B5704A

analogous

#4AB5A5 #4A8FB5 #4A5AB5

triadic

#4A8FB5 #B54A8F #8FB54A

tetradic

#4A8FB5 #A54AB5 #B5704A #5AB54A

square

#4A8FB5 #A54AB5 #B5704A #5AB54A

split-complementary

#4A8FB5 #B54A5A #B5A54A

monochromatic

#264A5E #386D8A #4A8FB5 #75AAC7 #A1C5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#4A8FB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#4A8FB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8FB5

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8FB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8FB5	1.00	3.57	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E83B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8fb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 143, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.090 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86afcb',
    500: '#4a8fb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8fb5;
$custom-light: #86afcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8fb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.308,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62069,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8FB5

secondary

#C5A695

accent

#8256D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8FB5

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

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