#4685C9#4685C9

#4685C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.123 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4685C9
RGB	rgb(70, 133, 201)
HSL	hsl(211, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(211, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 33.8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, 1.25, -41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 41.27, 271.74°)
OKLab	oklab(60.6% -0.0378 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(60.6% 0.123 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4521, 22.2921, 58.4193)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4685C9 #C98A46

analogous

#46C7C9 #4685C9 #4846C9

triadic

#4685C9 #C94685 #85C946

tetradic

#4685C9 #C946C7 #C98A46 #46C948

square

#4685C9 #C946C7 #C98A46 #46C948

split-complementary

#4685C9 #C94846 #C7C946

monochromatic

#224973 #2F67A2 #4685C9 #75A4D7 #A5C3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#4685C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#4685C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4685C9

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4685C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4685C9	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6789CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4685c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 133, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.123 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8da',
    500: '#4685c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4685c9;
$custom-light: #86a8da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4685c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.145,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60597,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4685C9

secondary

#D2B699

accent

#974ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4685C9

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

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