#4986CB#4986CB

#4986CB is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.123 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4986CB
RGB	rgb(73, 134, 203)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64%, 34%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.84, 1.87, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.84, 41.62, 272.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.06% -0.0361 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(61.06% 0.123 253)
XYZ	xyz(22.0483, 22.7763, 59.7227)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4986CB #CB8E49

analogous

#49C7CB #4986CB #4D49CB

triadic

#4986CB #CB4986 #86CB49

tetradic

#4986CB #CB49C7 #CB8E49 #49CB4D

square

#4986CB #CB49C7 #CB8E49 #49CB4D

split-complementary

#4986CB #CB4D49 #C7CB49

monochromatic

#224A77 #3068A7 #4986CB #79A6D9 #A8C5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#4986CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#4986CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4986CB

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4986CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4986CB	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688ACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567ECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00969F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4986cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 134, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.123 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8db',
    500: '#4986cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4986cb;
$custom-light: #88a8db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4986cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.846,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61058,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.22778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4986CB

secondary

#D4BA9C

accent

#9949DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4986CB

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

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