#4990DC#4990DC

#4990DC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.135 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990DC
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 220)
HSL	hsl(211, 68%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 34.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, 1.78, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 45.34, 272.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0416 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.135 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6344, 26.5277, 71.4657)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4990DC #DC9549

analogous

#49DADC #4990DC #4B49DC

triadic

#4990DC #DC4990 #90DC49

tetradic

#4990DC #DC49DA #DC9549 #49DC4B

square

#4990DC #DC49DA #DC9549 #49DC4B

split-complementary

#4990DC #DC4B49 #DADC49

monochromatic

#1C538F #2571C2 #4990DC #7CAFE6 #B0CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#4990DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#4990DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990DC

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990DC	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E94DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.135 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0e7',
    500: '#4990dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990dc;
$custom-light: #8bb0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.02,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64225,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990DC

secondary

#DEC1A3

accent

#973DEB

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FC

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990DC

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

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