#4899E6#4899E6

#4899E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.139 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4899E6
RGB	rgb(72, 153, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(209, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 33.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -0.19, -46.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 46.11, 269.76°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0484 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.139 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.3413, 29.8703, 79.1195)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4899E6 #E69548

analogous

#48E6E4 #4899E6 #484AE6

triadic

#4899E6 #E64899 #99E648

tetradic

#4899E6 #E448E6 #E69548 #4AE648

square

#4899E6 #E448E6 #E69548 #4AE648

split-complementary

#4899E6 #E6484A #E6E448

monochromatic

#165C9E #1D7BD4 #4899E6 #7EB7ED #B4D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4899E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#4899E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4899E6

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4899E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4899E6	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#779DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608EE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4899e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 153, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.139 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb6ee',
    500: '#4899e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4899e6;
$custom-light: #8cb6ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4899e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.241,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66735,
    "c": 0.13945,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4899E6

secondary

#E4C4A6

accent

#9235F3

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F6FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0D1116

muted

#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4899E6

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

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