#4A87B2#4A87B2

#4A87B2 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.091 H 241.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87B2
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 178)
HSL	hsl(205, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(205, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 24.2%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -6.82, -28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 29.41, 256.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% -0.044 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.091 241.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.5209, 21.9964, 45.3278)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87B2 #B2754A

analogous

#4AB2A9 #4A87B2 #4A53B2

triadic

#4A87B2 #B24A87 #87B24A

tetradic

#4A87B2 #A94AB2 #B2754A #53B24A

square

#4A87B2 #A94AB2 #B2754A #53B24A

split-complementary

#4A87B2 #B24A53 #B2A94A

monochromatic

#26455C #386687 #4A87B2 #74A4C5 #9FC0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4A87B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#4A87B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87B2

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87B2	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7487B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667CB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009296

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.091 241.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a9c9',
    500: '#4a87b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87b2;
$custom-light: #85a9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.808,
    "s": 41.27,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60047,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 241.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87B2

secondary

#C4A894

accent

#8957D1

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87B2

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

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