#4A87BE#4A87BE

#4A87BE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.105 H 247.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87BE
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 190)
HSL	hsl(208, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(208, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 28.9%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.55, -2.90, -34.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.55, 34.76, 265.21°)
OKLab	oklab(60.64% -0.0401 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(60.64% 0.105 247.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7789, 22.4996, 51.9530)
Luminance	0.2250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87BE #BE814A

analogous

#4ABEBB #4A87BE #4A4DBE

triadic

#4A87BE #BE4A87 #87BE4A

tetradic

#4A87BE #BB4ABE #BE814A #4DBE4A

square

#4A87BE #BB4ABE #BE814A #4DBE4A

split-complementary

#4A87BE #BE4A4D #BEBB4A

monochromatic

#254968 #366895 #4A87BE #77A5CE #A4C3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#4A87BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#4A87BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87BE

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87BE	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F89C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#607DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00949A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.105 247.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86a9d2',
    500: '#4a87be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87be;
$custom-light: #86a9d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.448,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6064,
    "c": 0.10549,
    "h": 247.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87BE

secondary

#CBB198

accent

#9051D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C0F14

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87BE

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

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