#4873AB#4873AB

#4873AB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.100 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4873AB
RGB	rgb(72, 115, 171)
HSL	hsl(214, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(214, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 32.7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 2.27, -34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 34.48, 273.78°)
OKLab	oklab(54.96% -0.025 -0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(54.96% 0.1 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1513, 16.5781, 40.8689)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4873AB #AB8048

analogous

#48A5AB #4873AB #4E48AB

triadic

#4873AB #AB4873 #73AB48

tetradic

#4873AB #AB48A5 #AB8048 #48AB4E

square

#4873AB #AB48A5 #AB8048 #48AB4E

split-complementary

#4873AB #AB4E48 #A5AB48

monochromatic

#243955 #365680 #4873AB #6E93C2 #99B3D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#4873AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#4873AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4873AB

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4873AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4873AB	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C76AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6DAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4873ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 115, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.100 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839bc4',
    500: '#4873ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4873ab;
$custom-light: #839bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4873ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.939,
    "s": 40.741,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54962,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4873AB

secondary

#C0AB8E

accent

#9C57D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#EFF2F8

border

#CACCD1

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4873AB

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

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