#4990DF#4990DF

#4990DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.139 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990DF
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 223)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 35.4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 2.81, -46.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 46.82, 273.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0409 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.139 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0353, 26.6880, 73.5769)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990DF #DF9849

analogous

#49DBDF #4990DF #4D49DF

triadic

#4990DF #DF4990 #90DF49

tetradic

#4990DF #DF49DB #DF9849 #49DF4D

square

#4990DF #DF49DB #DF9849 #49DF4D

split-complementary

#4990DF #DF4D49 #DBDF49

monochromatic

#1A5494 #2371C8 #4990DF #7DB0E8 #B1CFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#4990DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#4990DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990DF

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990DF	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D95E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5787DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.139 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0e9',
    500: '#4990df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990df;
$custom-light: #8bb0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.6,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64392,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990DF

secondary

#E0C3A4

accent

#993BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990DF

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

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