#4A74AE#4A74AE

#4A74AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.102 H 256.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A74AE
RGB	rgb(74, 116, 174)
HSL	hsl(215, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(215, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 33.3%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.26, 3.09, -35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.26, 35.43, 275.01°)
OKLab	oklab(55.46% -0.0235 -0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(55.46% 0.102 256.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7067, 17.0012, 42.4374)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A74AE #AE844A

analogous

#4AA6AE #4A74AE #524AAE

triadic

#4A74AE #AE4A74 #74AE4A

tetradic

#4A74AE #AE4AA6 #AE844A #4AAE52

square

#4A74AE #AE4AA6 #AE844A #4AAE52

split-complementary

#4A74AE #AE524A #A6AE4A

monochromatic

#253B58 #385783 #4A74AE #7294C3 #9DB5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#4A74AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#4A74AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A74AE

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A74AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A74AE	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C78B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a74ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 116, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.102 256.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#849bc6',
    500: '#4a74ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a74ae;
$custom-light: #849bc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a74ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55457,
    "c": 0.10236,
    "h": 256.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A74AE

secondary

#C2AE92

accent

#9E58D0

background

#F8F9FC

surface

#F0F2F8

border

#CBCCD1

text

#0B0E13

muted

#7C7E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A74AE

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

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