#4C81AC#4C81AC

#4C81AC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.087 H 244.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C81AC
RGB	rgb(76, 129, 172)
HSL	hsl(207, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(207, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 25%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -4.86, -28.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 28.58, 260.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0375 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.087 244.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2744, 20.2140, 41.9604)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C81AC #AC774C

analogous

#4CACA7 #4C81AC #4C51AC

triadic

#4C81AC #AC4C81 #81AC4C

tetradic

#4C81AC #A74CAC #AC774C #51AC4C

square

#4C81AC #A74CAC #AC774C #51AC4C

split-complementary

#4C81AC #AC4C51 #ACA74C

monochromatic

#264157 #396182 #4C81AC #749FC1 #9EBCD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#4C81AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#4C81AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C81AC

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C81AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C81AC	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F82AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c81ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 129, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.087 244.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85a5c5',
    500: '#4c81ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c81ac;
$custom-light: #85a5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c81ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.875,
    "s": 38.71,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5845,
    "c": 0.08734,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C81AC

secondary

#C1A793

accent

#8E59CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C0F12

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C81AC

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

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