#4990C8#4990C8

#4990C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.111 H 244.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990C8
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 28%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -4.97, -35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 35.91, 262.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0474 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.111 244.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1423, 25.5308, 58.3407)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990C8 #C88149

analogous

#49C8C0 #4990C8 #4950C8

triadic

#4990C8 #C84990 #90C849

tetradic

#4990C8 #C049C8 #C88149 #50C849

square

#4990C8 #C049C8 #C88149 #50C849

split-complementary

#4990C8 #C84950 #C8C049

monochromatic

#235074 #3171A3 #4990C8 #78ADD6 #A7C9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#4990C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#4990C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990C8

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990C8	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7791CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6685C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.111 244.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b0d9',
    500: '#4990c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990c8;
$custom-light: #88b0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.457,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63172,
    "c": 0.11083,
    "h": 244.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990C8

secondary

#D2B39B

accent

#8B4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990C8

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

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