#4981BD#4981BD

#4981BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.110 H 251.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4981BD
RGB	rgb(73, 129, 189)
HSL	hsl(211, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(211, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 31.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.72, 0.10, -36.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.72, 36.95, 270.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0346 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.11 251.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.7799, 20.7893, 51.1046)
Luminance	0.2079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4981BD #BD8549

analogous

#49BBBD #4981BD #4B49BD

triadic

#4981BD #BD4981 #81BD49

tetradic

#4981BD #BD49BB #BD8549 #49BD4B

square

#4981BD #BD49BB #BD8549 #49BD4B

split-complementary

#4981BD #BD4B49 #BBBD49

monochromatic

#254566 #356393 #4981BD #76A0CD #A3BFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#4981BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#4981BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4981BD

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4981BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4981BD	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6784C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5879BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4981bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 129, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.110 251.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a5d1',
    500: '#4981bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4981bd;
$custom-light: #86a5d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4981bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.034,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59171,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 251.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4981BD

secondary

#CAB297

accent

#9651D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4981BD

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

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