#4990E9#4990E9

#4990E9 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.152 H 255.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990E9
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 233)
HSL	hsl(213, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 38.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, 6.26, -51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 51.86, 276.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.96% -0.0384 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(64.96% 0.152 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4235, 27.2433, 80.8882)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4990E9 #E9A249

analogous

#49E0E9 #4990E9 #5249E9

triadic

#4990E9 #E94990 #90E949

tetradic

#4990E9 #E949E0 #E9A249 #49E952

square

#4990E9 #E949E0 #E9A249 #49E952

split-complementary

#4990E9 #E95249 #E0E949

monochromatic

#1454A4 #1A70DA #4990E9 #80B1F0 #B6D3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4990E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4990E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990E9

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990E9	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6797ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F88E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.152 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db0f0',
    500: '#4990e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990e9;
$custom-light: #8db0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.375,
    "s": 78.431,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64961,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990E9

secondary

#E6CAA8

accent

#9F33F5

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990E9

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

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