#4990BA#4990BA

#4990BA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.095 H 237.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990BA
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 186)
HSL	hsl(202, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 22.6%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -9.55, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 30.14, 251.52°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.052 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.095 237)
XYZ	xyz(21.5805, 24.9061, 50.1149)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4990BA #BA7349

analogous

#49BAAB #4990BA #4957BA

triadic

#4990BA #BA4990 #90BA49

tetradic

#4990BA #AB49BA #BA7349 #57BA49

square

#4990BA #AB49BA #BA7349 #57BA49

split-complementary

#4990BA #BA4957 #BAAB49

monochromatic

#264C63 #366E8F #4990BA #75ABCB #A2C6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#4990BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#4990BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990BA

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990BA	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8FBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D84B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.095 237.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0cf',
    500: '#4990ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990ba;
$custom-light: #86b0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.301,
    "s": 45.02,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62493,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 237
  },
  "luminance": 0.24908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990BA

secondary

#C8A996

accent

#8353D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990BA

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

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