#4980B2#4980B2

#4980B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4980B2
RGB	rgb(73, 128, 178)
HSL	hsl(209, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 28.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, -2.97, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 32.03, 264.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% -0.0369 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.097 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4998, 20.0675, 45.0094)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4980B2 #B27B49

analogous

#49B2B0 #4980B2 #494CB2

triadic

#4980B2 #B24980 #80B249

tetradic

#4980B2 #B049B2 #B27B49 #4CB249

square

#4980B2 #B049B2 #B27B49 #4CB249

split-complementary

#4980B2 #B2494C #B2B049

monochromatic

#25425B #376187 #4980B2 #739EC5 #9EBCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#4980B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#4980B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4980B2

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4980B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4980B2	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B82B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D77B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4980b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 128, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a4c9',
    500: '#4980b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4980b2;
$custom-light: #84a4c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4980b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 41.833,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5837,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4980B2

secondary

#C4AA93

accent

#9156D2

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F13

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4980B2

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

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