#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
RGBrgb(73, 144, 189)
HSLhsl(203, 47%, 51%)
HSVhsv(203, 61%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 23.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LABlab(57.11, -8.59, -30.09)
CIE-LCHlch(57.11, 31.29, 254.08°)
OKLaboklab(62.63% -0.051 -0.0844)
OKLCHoklch(62.63% 0.099 238.9)
XYZxyz(21.9027, 25.0350, 51.8122)
Luminance0.2504 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

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
##4990BD1.003.506.016.01
#FFFFFF3.501.0021.0021.00
#0000006.0121.001.001.00
##0000006.0121.001.001.00

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

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#4990BD Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva