#4A86C9#4A86C9

#4A86C9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.120 H 252.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A86C9
RGB	rgb(74, 134, 201)
HSL	hsl(212, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(212, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 33.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.78, 1.37, -40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.78, 40.55, 271.94°)
OKLab	oklab(60.99% -0.0358 -0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(60.99% 0.12 252.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8879, 22.7210, 58.4791)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A86C9 #C98D4A

analogous

#4AC6C9 #4A86C9 #4E4AC9

triadic

#4A86C9 #C94A86 #86C94A

tetradic

#4A86C9 #C94AC6 #C98D4A #4AC94E

square

#4A86C9 #C94AC6 #C98D4A #4AC94E

split-complementary

#4A86C9 #C94E4A #C6C94A

monochromatic

#234A76 #3168A5 #4A86C9 #79A6D7 #A8C5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#4A86C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#4A86C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A86C9

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A86C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A86C9	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698ACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587EC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00959E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a86c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 134, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.120 252.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a8d9',
    500: '#4a86c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a86c9;
$custom-light: #88a8d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a86c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.654,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60992,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 252.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A86C9

secondary

#D2B99C

accent

#984ADD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A86C9

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

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