#4A87CD#4A87CD

#4A87CD is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.124 H 253.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87CD
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 205)
HSL	hsl(212, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 34.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.27, 2.13, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.27, 42.09, 272.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.43% -0.0358 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(61.43% 0.124 253.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5034, 23.1894, 61.0358)
Luminance	0.2319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87CD #CD904A

analogous

#4AC9CD #4A87CD #4F4ACD

triadic

#4A87CD #CD4A87 #87CD4A

tetradic

#4A87CD #CD4AC9 #CD904A #4ACD4F

square

#4A87CD #CD4AC9 #CD904A #4ACD4F

split-complementary

#4A87CD #CD4F4A #C9CD4A

monochromatic

#224B7B #2F69AB #4A87CD #7AA7DA #AAC7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4A87CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#4A87CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87CD

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87CD	1.00	3.72	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#698BD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577FCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.124 253.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a9dc',
    500: '#4a87cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87cd;
$custom-light: #89a9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.061,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61435,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 253.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87CD

secondary

#D5BB9E

accent

#9948E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87CD

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

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