#4990D2#4990D2

#4990D2 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.123 H 248.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990D2
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 210)
HSL	hsl(209, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.2%, 31.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -1.63, -40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 40.50, 267.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0444 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.123 248.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3495, 26.0137, 64.6982)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990D2 #D28B49

analogous

#49D2CF #4990D2 #494BD2

triadic

#4990D2 #D24990 #90D249

tetradic

#4990D2 #CF49D2 #D28B49 #4BD249

square

#4990D2 #CF49D2 #D28B49 #4BD249

split-complementary

#4990D2 #D2494B #D2CF49

monochromatic

#205281 #2C71B2 #4990D2 #7AAEDE #ABCCEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4990D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4990D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990D2

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990D2	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7393D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6086D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.123 248.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89b0e0',
    500: '#4990d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990d2;
$custom-light: #89b0e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.905,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63686,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 248.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990D2

secondary

#D8BA9F

accent

#9144E3

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990D2

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

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