#4990CE#4990CE

#4990CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.118 H 247.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990CE
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 206)
HSL	hsl(208, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(208, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 30.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -2.97, -38.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 38.63, 265.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0455 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.118 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8573, 25.8168, 62.1064)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990CE #CE8749

analogous

#49CECA #4990CE #494ECE

triadic

#4990CE #CE4990 #90CE49

tetradic

#4990CE #CA49CE #CE8749 #4ECE49

square

#4990CE #CA49CE #CE8749 #4ECE49

split-complementary

#4990CE #CE494E #CECA49

monochromatic

#21517B #2E71AC #4990CE #79ADDB #A9CBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4990CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#4990CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990CE

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990CE	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7592D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.118 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b0dd',
    500: '#4990ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990ce;
$custom-light: #88b0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.97,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63478,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990CE

secondary

#D5B89D

accent

#8F47E1

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990CE

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

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