#4A87AF#4A87AF

#4A87AF is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.088 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87AF
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 175)
HSL	hsl(204, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(204, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 22.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -7.79, -27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 28.18, 253.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.045 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.088 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2230, 21.8772, 43.7588)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87AF #AF724A

analogous

#4AAFA5 #4A87AF #4A55AF

triadic

#4A87AF #AF4A87 #87AF4A

tetradic

#4A87AF #A54AAF #AF724A #55AF4A

square

#4A87AF #A54AAF #AF724A #55AF4A

split-complementary

#4A87AF #AF4A55 #AFA54A

monochromatic

#264559 #386684 #4A87AF #73A4C4 #9EC0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4A87AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#4A87AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87AF

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87AF	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	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)

#7587B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677CAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.088 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a9c7',
    500: '#4a87af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87af;
$custom-light: #85a9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.762,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59905,
    "c": 0.08813,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87AF

secondary

#C2A592

accent

#8757D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87AF

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

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