#4A87CC#4A87CC

#4A87CC is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.123 H 253.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87CC
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 204)
HSL	hsl(212, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 33.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.22, 1.79, -41.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.22, 41.58, 272.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.38% -0.0361 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(61.38% 0.123 253)
XYZ	xyz(22.3831, 23.1413, 60.4022)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87CC #CC8F4A

analogous

#4AC8CC #4A87CC #4E4ACC

triadic

#4A87CC #CC4A87 #87CC4A

tetradic

#4A87CC #CC4AC8 #CC8F4A #4ACC4E

square

#4A87CC #CC4AC8 #CC8F4A #4ACC4E

split-complementary

#4A87CC #CC4E4A #C8CC4A

monochromatic

#224B79 #3069A9 #4A87CC #7AA7D9 #A9C6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#4A87CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#4A87CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87CC

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87CC	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698BCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.123 253.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88a9dc',
    500: '#4a87cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87cc;
$custom-light: #88a9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.846,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6138,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 253
  },
  "luminance": 0.23143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87CC

secondary

#D4BB9D

accent

#9948DF

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87CC

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

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