#4980CB#4980CB

#4980CB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.129 H 256.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4980CB
RGB	rgb(73, 128, 203)
HSL	hsl(215, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(215, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 36.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, 5.46, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 44.62, 277.03°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0299 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.129 256.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.2424, 21.1646, 59.4540)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4980CB #CB9449

analogous

#49C1CB #4980CB #5349CB

triadic

#4980CB #CB4980 #80CB49

tetradic

#4980CB #CB49C1 #CB9449 #49CB53

square

#4980CB #CB49C1 #CB9449 #49CB53

split-complementary

#4980CB #CB5349 #C1CB49

monochromatic

#224677 #3062A7 #4980CB #79A1D9 #A8C2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#4980CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#4980CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4980CB

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4980CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4980CB	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F86CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D79C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00919C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4980cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 128, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.129 256.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a4db',
    500: '#4980cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4980cb;
$custom-light: #88a4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4980cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.615,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59721,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 256.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4980CB

secondary

#D4BC9C

accent

#9F49DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4980CB

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

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