#4A86AC#4A86AC

#4A86AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.085 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A86AC
RGB	rgb(74, 134, 172)
HSL	hsl(203, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(203, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 22.1%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, -8.17, -26.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 27.26, 252.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.53% -0.0449 -0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(59.53% 0.085 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.7928, 21.4829, 42.1780)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A86AC #AC704A

analogous

#4AACA1 #4A86AC #4A55AC

triadic

#4A86AC #AC4A86 #86AC4A

tetradic

#4A86AC #A14AAC #AC704A #55AC4A

square

#4A86AC #A14AAC #AC704A #55AC4A

split-complementary

#4A86AC #AC4A55 #ACA14A

monochromatic

#254356 #386581 #4A86AC #71A3C2 #9CBFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#4A86AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#4A86AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A86AC

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A86AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A86AC	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7585AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677BAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a86ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 134, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.085 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84a9c5',
    500: '#4a86ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a86ac;
$custom-light: #84a9c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a86ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.265,
    "s": 39.837,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59529,
    "c": 0.08547,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A86AC

secondary

#C1A491

accent

#8658D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B0F12

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A86AC

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

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