#4A85BE#4A85BE

#4A85BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.107 H 249.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A85BE
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 190)
HSL	hsl(209, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(209, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 30%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.97, -1.73, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.97, 35.59, 267.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% -0.0379 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.107 249.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5024, 21.9467, 51.8609)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A85BE #BE834A

analogous

#4ABEBD #4A85BE #4A4BBE

triadic

#4A85BE #BE4A85 #85BE4A

tetradic

#4A85BE #BD4ABE #BE834A #4BBE4A

square

#4A85BE #BD4ABE #BE834A #4BBE4A

split-complementary

#4A85BE #BE4A4B #BEBD4A

monochromatic

#254768 #366695 #4A85BE #77A3CE #A4C2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4A85BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4A85BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A85BE

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A85BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A85BE	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D87C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D7CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a85be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.107 249.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a8d2',
    500: '#4a85be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a85be;
$custom-light: #86a8d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a85be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.483,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60182,
    "c": 0.10716,
    "h": 249.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A85BE

secondary

#CBB198

accent

#9351D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A85BE

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

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