#4990AA#4990AA

#4990AA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.081 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990AA
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 170)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 15.3%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.35, -14.59, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.35, 25.12, 234.49°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0579 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.081 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9738, 24.2634, 41.6531)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990AA #AA6349

analogous

#49AA93 #4990AA #4960AA

triadic

#4990AA #AA4990 #90AA49

tetradic

#4990AA #9349AA #AA6349 #60AA49

square

#4990AA #9349AA #AA6349 #60AA49

split-complementary

#4990AA #AA4960 #AA9349

monochromatic

#244754 #376C7F #4990AA #6FABC1 #9AC4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#4990AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#4990AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990AA

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990AA	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7383AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.081 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b0c3',
    500: '#4990aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990aa;
$custom-light: #84b0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.082,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6178,
    "c": 0.08114,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990AA

secondary

#C09C8F

accent

#7858D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0B1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990AA

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

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