#4A85AE#4A85AE

#4A85AE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.088 H 240.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85AE
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 174)
HSL	hsl(205, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.26, -6.96, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.26, 28.36, 255.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0431 -0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.088 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.8487, 21.2852, 43.1514)
Luminance	0.2129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85AE #AE734A

analogous

#4AAEA5 #4A85AE #4A53AE

triadic

#4A85AE #AE4A85 #85AE4A

tetradic

#4A85AE #A54AAE #AE734A #53AE4A

square

#4A85AE #A54AAE #AE734A #53AE4A

split-complementary

#4A85AE #AE4A53 #AEA54A

monochromatic

#254358 #386483 #4A85AE #72A2C3 #9DBED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#4A85AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26

#4A85AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85AE

5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85AE	1.00	3.99	5.26	5.26
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7385B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.088 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a8c6',
    500: '#4a85ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85ae;
$custom-light: #84a8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.6,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59388,
    "c": 0.08819,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85AE

secondary

#C2A692

accent

#8958D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B0F13

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85AE

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

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