#4A87CE#4A87CE

#4A87CE is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.126 H 253.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A87CE
RGB	rgb(74, 135, 206)
HSL	hsl(212, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(212, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 34.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.32, 2.47, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.32, 42.59, 273.33°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0355 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.126 253.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6245, 23.2378, 61.6736)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A87CE #CE914A

analogous

#4AC9CE #4A87CE #4F4ACE

triadic

#4A87CE #CE4A87 #87CE4A

tetradic

#4A87CE #CE4AC9 #CE914A #4ACE4F

square

#4A87CE #CE4AC9 #CE914A #4ACE4F

split-complementary

#4A87CE #CE4F4A #C9CE4A

monochromatic

#224B7C #2F69AC #4A87CE #7AA7DB #AAC7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#4A87CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#4A87CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A87CE

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A87CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A87CE	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#688BD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567FCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0097A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a87ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 135, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.126 253.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89a9dd',
    500: '#4a87ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a87ce;
$custom-light: #89a9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a87ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.273,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6149,
    "c": 0.12562,
    "h": 253.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A87CE

secondary

#D6BC9E

accent

#9A47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D0F15

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A87CE

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

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