#4873AE#4873AE

#4873AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.104 H 256.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4873AE
RGB	rgb(72, 115, 174)
HSL	hsl(215, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(215, 59%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 33.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.87, 3.28, -35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.87, 36.07, 275.21°)
OKLab	oklab(55.13% -0.0242 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(55.13% 0.104 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4405, 16.6938, 42.3920)
Luminance	0.1669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4873AE #AE8348

analogous

#48A6AE #4873AE #5048AE

triadic

#4873AE #AE4873 #73AE48

tetradic

#4873AE #AE48A6 #AE8348 #48AE50

square

#4873AE #AE48A6 #AE8348 #48AE50

split-complementary

#4873AE #AE5048 #A6AE48

monochromatic

#243A57 #365683 #4873AE #7093C4 #9BB4D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#4873AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#4873AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4873AE

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4873AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4873AE	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B77B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4873ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 115, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.104 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#839bc6',
    500: '#4873ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4873ae;
$custom-light: #839bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4873ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.706,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55126,
    "c": 0.10431,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4873AE

secondary

#C2AD90

accent

#9E57D1

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4873AE

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

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