#4A8FBD#4A8FBD

#4A8FBD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.099 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8FBD
RGB	rgb(74, 143, 189)
HSL	hsl(204, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 24.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, -7.83, -30.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 31.48, 255.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0492 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.099 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.8284, 24.7728, 51.7655)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8FBD #BD784A

analogous

#4ABDB2 #4A8FBD #4A56BD

triadic

#4A8FBD #BD4A8F #8FBD4A

tetradic

#4A8FBD #B24ABD #BD784A #56BD4A

square

#4A8FBD #B24ABD #BD784A #56BD4A

split-complementary

#4A8FBD #BD4A56 #BDB24A

monochromatic

#264D67 #366E94 #4A8FBD #77ABCD #A4C7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4A8FBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4A8FBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8FBD

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8FBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8FBD	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8FBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A83BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8fbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 143, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.099 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87afd1',
    500: '#4a8fbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8fbd;
$custom-light: #87afd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8fbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62442,
    "c": 0.09864,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8FBD

secondary

#CBAC98

accent

#8752D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8FBD

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

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