#4980BD#4980BD

#4980BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.111 H 252.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4980BD
RGB	rgb(73, 128, 189)
HSL	hsl(212, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(212, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 32.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, 0.70, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 37.41, 271.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0336 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.111 252.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.6488, 20.5271, 51.0609)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4980BD #BD8649

analogous

#49BABD #4980BD #4C49BD

triadic

#4980BD #BD4980 #80BD49

tetradic

#4980BD #BD49BA #BD8649 #49BD4C

square

#4980BD #BD49BA #BD8649 #49BD4C

split-complementary

#4980BD #BD4C49 #BABD49

monochromatic

#254466 #356293 #4980BD #769FCD #A3BFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4980BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#4980BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4980BD

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4980BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4980BD	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6683C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5778BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4980bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 128, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.111 252.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a4d1',
    500: '#4980bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4980bd;
$custom-light: #86a4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4980bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.552,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58944,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 252.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4980BD

secondary

#CAB297

accent

#9751D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4980BD

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

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