#4990A3#4990A3

#4990A3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.077 H 217.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990A3
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 163)
HSL	hsl(193, 38%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(193, 55%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 11.7%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -16.71, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 23.72, 225.20°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0607 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.077 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3292, 24.0056, 38.2581)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990A3 #A35C49

analogous

#49A389 #4990A3 #4963A3

triadic

#4990A3 #A34990 #90A349

tetradic

#4990A3 #8949A3 #A35C49 #63A349

square

#4990A3 #8949A3 #A35C49 #63A349

split-complementary

#4990A3 #A34963 #A38949

monochromatic

#23454E #366B79 #4990A3 #6CACBD #96C4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#4990A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#4990A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990A3

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990A3	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7682A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.077 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0be',
    500: '#4990a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990a3;
$custom-light: #83b0be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.667,
    "s": 38.136,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61489,
    "c": 0.07655,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990A3

secondary

#BC968C

accent

#725ACE

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990A3

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

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