#4990CA#4990CA

#4990CA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.113 H 245.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990CA
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 202)
HSL	hsl(207, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 28.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -4.31, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 36.80, 263.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0468 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.113 245.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3776, 25.6249, 59.5798)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990CA #CA8349

analogous

#49CAC4 #4990CA #4950CA

triadic

#4990CA #CA4990 #90CA49

tetradic

#4990CA #C449CA #CA8349 #50CA49

square

#4990CA #C449CA #CA8349 #50CA49

split-complementary

#4990CA #CA4950 #CAC449

monochromatic

#225176 #3071A6 #4990CA #78ADD8 #A8CAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4990CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4990CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990CA

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990CA	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7692CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6585C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.113 245.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b0da',
    500: '#4990ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990ca;
$custom-light: #88b0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.977,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63273,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 245.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990CA

secondary

#D3B59C

accent

#8C4ADE

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990CA

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

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