#4990BC#4990BC

#4990BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.098 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990BC
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 188)
HSL	hsl(203, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 23.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -8.91, -29.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 30.90, 253.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.59% -0.0513 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(62.59% 0.098 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7946, 24.9917, 51.2425)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990BC #BC7549

analogous

#49BCAF #4990BC #4956BC

triadic

#4990BC #BC4990 #90BC49

tetradic

#4990BC #AF49BC #BC7549 #56BC49

square

#4990BC #AF49BC #BC7549 #56BC49

split-complementary

#4990BC #BC4956 #BCAF49

monochromatic

#254D65 #366F92 #4990BC #76ABCC #A2C7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4990BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#4990BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990BC

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990BC	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C90BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.098 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0d0',
    500: '#4990bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990bc;
$custom-light: #86b0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.957,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62587,
    "c": 0.09753,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990BC

secondary

#CAAA97

accent

#8452D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990BC

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

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