#4986C9#4986C9

#4986C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.121 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4986C9
RGB	rgb(73, 134, 201)
HSL	hsl(211, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(211, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, 1.19, -40.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 40.61, 271.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.95% -0.0366 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(60.95% 0.121 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8115, 22.6816, 58.4755)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4986C9 #C98C49

analogous

#49C6C9 #4986C9 #4C49C9

triadic

#4986C9 #C94986 #86C949

tetradic

#4986C9 #C949C6 #C98C49 #49C94C

square

#4986C9 #C949C6 #C98C49 #49C94C

split-complementary

#4986C9 #C94C49 #C6C949

monochromatic

#234A75 #3168A4 #4986C9 #78A5D7 #A7C5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4986C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#4986C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4986C9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4986C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4986C9	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587DC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4986c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 134, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.121 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8d9',
    500: '#4986c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4986c9;
$custom-light: #88a8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4986c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.406,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60949,
    "c": 0.1206,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4986C9

secondary

#D2B89C

accent

#974ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4986C9

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

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