#4986BD#4986BD

#4986BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.106 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4986BD
RGB	rgb(73, 134, 189)
HSL	hsl(208, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 29.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.17, -2.84, -34.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.17, 34.78, 265.31°)
OKLab	oklab(60.32% -0.0401 -0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(60.32% 0.106 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4547, 22.1389, 51.3295)
Luminance	0.2214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4986BD #BD8049

analogous

#49BDBA #4986BD #494CBD

triadic

#4986BD #BD4986 #86BD49

tetradic

#4986BD #BA49BD #BD8049 #4CBD49

square

#4986BD #BA49BD #BD8049 #4CBD49

split-complementary

#4986BD #BD494C #BDBA49

monochromatic

#254766 #356793 #4986BD #76A4CD #A3C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4986BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.43

#4986BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4986BD

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4986BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4986BD	1.00	3.87	5.43	5.43
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E88BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4986bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 134, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.106 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9d1',
    500: '#4986bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4986bd;
$custom-light: #86a9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4986bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.448,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60315,
    "c": 0.10556,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4986BD

secondary

#CAB097

accent

#9051D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4986BD

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

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