#4990BD#4990BD

#4990BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.099 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990BD
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 189)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 23.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.11, -8.59, -30.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.11, 31.29, 254.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.051 -0.0844)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.099 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.9027, 25.0350, 51.8122)
Luminance	0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4990BD #BD7649

analogous

#49BDB0 #4990BD #4956BD

triadic

#4990BD #BD4990 #90BD49

tetradic

#4990BD #B049BD #BD7649 #56BD49

square

#4990BD #B049BD #BD7649 #56BD49

split-complementary

#4990BD #BD4956 #BDB049

monochromatic

#254D66 #356F93 #4990BD #76ABCD #A3C7DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#4990BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#4990BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990BD

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990BD	1.00	3.50	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B90BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.099 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0d1',
    500: '#4990bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990bd;
$custom-light: #86b0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.276,
    "s": 46.774,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62634,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990BD

secondary

#CAAB97

accent

#8551D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990BD

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

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