#4989E2#4989E2

#4989E2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.150 H 257.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4989E2
RGB	rgb(73, 137, 226)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(215, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 39.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, 8.00, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 51.90, 278.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0334 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.15 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4158, 24.7962, 75.3835)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4989E2 #E2A249

analogous

#49D5E2 #4989E2 #5549E2

triadic

#4989E2 #E24989 #89E249

tetradic

#4989E2 #E249D5 #E2A249 #49E255

square

#4989E2 #E249D5 #E2A249 #49E255

split-complementary

#4989E2 #E25549 #D5E249

monochromatic

#184E98 #2169CD #4989E2 #7EABEA #B3CDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#4989E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#4989E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4989E2

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4989E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4989E2	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6090E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4982E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4989e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 137, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.150 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8caaeb',
    500: '#4989e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4989e2;
$custom-light: #8caaeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4989e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.902,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63033,
    "c": 0.1499,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4989E2

secondary

#E2C8A5

accent

#A339EF

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4989E2

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

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