#4A85BC#4A85BC

#4A85BC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.105 H 248.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85BC
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 188)
HSL	hsl(209, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 29.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.88, -2.40, -34.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.88, 34.64, 266.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% -0.0385 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.105 248.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.2854, 21.8599, 50.7176)
Luminance	0.2186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85BC #BC814A

analogous

#4ABCBA #4A85BC #4A4CBC

triadic

#4A85BC #BC4A85 #85BC4A

tetradic

#4A85BC #BA4ABC #BC814A #4CBC4A

square

#4A85BC #BA4ABC #BC814A #4CBC4A

split-complementary

#4A85BC #BC4A4C #BCBA4A

monochromatic

#264766 #366693 #4A85BC #77A3CD #A3C1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4A85BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#4A85BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85BC

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85BC	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.105 248.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8d0',
    500: '#4a85bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85bc;
$custom-light: #86a8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.947,
    "s": 45.968,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60079,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 248.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85BC

secondary

#CAB098

accent

#9252D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85BC

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

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