#4A74AB#4A74AB

#4A74AB is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 55.3% C 0.098 H 255.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A74AB
RGB	rgb(74, 116, 171)
HSL	hsl(214, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(214, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 32.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 2.10, -33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 33.84, 273.55°)
OKLab	oklab(55.3% -0.0244 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(55.3% 0.098 255.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4175, 16.8855, 40.9143)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A74AB #AB814A

analogous

#4AA4AB #4A74AB #514AAB

triadic

#4A74AB #AB4A74 #74AB4A

tetradic

#4A74AB #AB4AA4 #AB814A #4AAB51

square

#4A74AB #AB4AA4 #AB814A #4AAB51

split-complementary

#4A74AB #AB514A #A4AB4A

monochromatic

#253A56 #385780 #4A74AB #7194C1 #9BB4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#4A74AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#4A74AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A74AB

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A74AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A74AB	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E77AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516EAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a74ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 116, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.3% 0.098 255.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849bc4',
    500: '#4a74ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a74ab;
$custom-light: #849bc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a74ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.021,
    "s": 39.592,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55295,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 255.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A74AB

secondary

#C0AC90

accent

#9C58CF

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E12

muted

#7C7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A74AB

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

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