#4986BF#4986BF

#4986BF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.108 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4986BF
RGB	rgb(73, 134, 191)
HSL	hsl(209, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(209, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 29.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.27, -2.18, -35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.27, 35.73, 266.51°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% -0.0395 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.108 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.6733, 22.2263, 52.4807)
Luminance	0.2223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4986BF #BF8249

analogous

#49BFBD #4986BF #494BBF

triadic

#4986BF #BF4986 #86BF49

tetradic

#4986BF #BD49BF #BF8249 #4BBF49

square

#4986BF #BD49BF #BF8249 #4BBF49

split-complementary

#4986BF #BF494B #BFBD49

monochromatic

#254869 #356796 #4986BF #76A4CF #A4C2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4986BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#4986BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4986BF

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4986BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4986BF	1.00	3.86	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D88C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7DBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00939A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4986bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 134, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.108 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9d2',
    500: '#4986bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4986bf;
$custom-light: #86a9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4986bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.983,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60418,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4986BF

secondary

#CCB198

accent

#9250D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4986BF

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

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