#4A85BD#4A85BD

#4A85BD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.106 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85BD
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 189)
HSL	hsl(209, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 29.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.92, -2.06, -35.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.92, 35.12, 266.63°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% -0.0382 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.106 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.3935, 21.9031, 51.2873)
Luminance	0.2190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85BD #BD824A

analogous

#4ABDBC #4A85BD #4A4CBD

triadic

#4A85BD #BD4A85 #85BD4A

tetradic

#4A85BD #BC4ABD #BD824A #4CBD4A

square

#4A85BD #BC4ABD #BD824A #4CBD4A

split-complementary

#4A85BD #BD4A4C #BDBC4A

monochromatic

#264767 #366694 #4A85BD #77A3CD #A4C1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4A85BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#4A85BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85BD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85BD	1.00	3.90	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7CBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.106 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8d1',
    500: '#4a85bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85bd;
$custom-light: #86a8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.217,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6013,
    "c": 0.10593,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85BD

secondary

#CBB198

accent

#9252D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85BD

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

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