#4990CC#4990CC

#4990CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 246.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990CC
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 204)
HSL	hsl(207, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.2%, 29.4%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -3.64, -37.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 37.71, 264.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0461 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.116 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6159, 25.7203, 60.8350)
Luminance	0.2572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990CC #CC8549

analogous

#49CCC7 #4990CC #494FCC

triadic

#4990CC #CC4990 #90CC49

tetradic

#4990CC #C749CC #CC8549 #4FCC49

square

#4990CC #C749CC #CC8549 #4FCC49

split-complementary

#4990CC #CC494F #CCC749

monochromatic

#225179 #2F71A9 #4990CC #79ADD9 #A9CAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#4990CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#4990CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990CC

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990CC	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7692CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6485CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b0dc',
    500: '#4990cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990cc;
$custom-light: #88b0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.481,
    "s": 56.223,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63375,
    "c": 0.11552,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990CC

secondary

#D4B69D

accent

#8E48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0C1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990CC

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

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