#4A85AC#4A85AC

#4A85AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.086 H 239.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85AC
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 172)
HSL	hsl(204, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(204, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 22.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -7.60, -26.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 27.54, 253.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0438 -0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.086 239.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.6552, 21.2078, 42.1321)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85AC #AC714A

analogous

#4AACA2 #4A85AC #4A54AC

triadic

#4A85AC #AC4A85 #85AC4A

tetradic

#4A85AC #A24AAC #AC714A #54AC4A

square

#4A85AC #A24AAC #AC714A #54AC4A

split-complementary

#4A85AC #AC4A54 #ACA24A

monochromatic

#254356 #386481 #4A85AC #71A2C2 #9CBED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#4A85AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#4A85AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85AC

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85AC	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.086 239.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8c5',
    500: '#4a85ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85ac;
$custom-light: #84a8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.878,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59294,
    "c": 0.086,
    "h": 239.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85AC

secondary

#C1A491

accent

#8858D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85AC

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

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