#4990E6#4990E6

#4990E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.148 H 254.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990E6
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 230)
HSL	hsl(213, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(213, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 37.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, 5.22, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 50.34, 275.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0391 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.148 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9986, 27.0733, 78.6504)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4990E6 #E69F49

analogous

#49DFE6 #4990E6 #5149E6

triadic

#4990E6 #E64990 #90E649

tetradic

#4990E6 #E649DF #E69F49 #49E651

square

#4990E6 #E649DF #E69F49 #49E651

split-complementary

#4990E6 #E65149 #DFE649

monochromatic

#16549F #1D70D5 #4990E6 #7FB1ED #B5D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4990E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4990E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990E6

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990E6	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6996E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5287E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.148 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb0ee',
    500: '#4990e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990e6;
$custom-light: #8cb0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.866,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64788,
    "c": 0.14774,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990E6

secondary

#E4C8A7

accent

#9D35F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990E6

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

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