#4990CD#4990CD

#4990CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 246.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990CD
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 205)
HSL	hsl(208, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(208, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 29.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -3.31, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 38.17, 265.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0458 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.117 246.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.7363, 25.7684, 61.4687)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990CD #CD8649

analogous

#49CDC8 #4990CD #494ECD

triadic

#4990CD #CD4990 #90CD49

tetradic

#4990CD #C849CD #CD8649 #4ECD49

square

#4990CD #C849CD #CD8649 #4ECD49

split-complementary

#4990CD #CD494E #CDC849

monochromatic

#22517A #2F71AA #4990CD #79ADDA #A9CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4990CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#4990CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990CD

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990CD	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7592D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 246.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63426,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 246.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990CD

secondary

#D5B79D

accent

#8E48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990CD

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

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