#4990BF#4990BF

#4990BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.101 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990BF
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 191)
HSL	hsl(204, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(204, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 24.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.19, -7.94, -31.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.19, 32.09, 255.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% -0.0503 -0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.101 240)
XYZ	xyz(22.1213, 25.1224, 52.9634)
Luminance	0.2512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4990BF #BF7849

analogous

#49BFB3 #4990BF #4955BF

triadic

#4990BF #BF4990 #90BF49

tetradic

#4990BF #B349BF #BF7849 #55BF49

square

#4990BF #B349BF #BF7849 #55BF49

split-complementary

#4990BF #BF4955 #BFB349

monochromatic

#254E69 #356F96 #4990BF #76ACCF #A4C7DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#4990BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#4990BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990BF

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990BF	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B90C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B84BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.101 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b0d2',
    500: '#4990bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990bf;
$custom-light: #86b0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.898,
    "s": 47.967,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6273,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.25125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990BF

secondary

#CCAD98

accent

#8650D8

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F9

border

#CBCED2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990BF

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

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