#4990EC#4990EC

#4990EC is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.155 H 255.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4990EC
RGB	rgb(73, 144, 236)
HSL	hsl(214, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.1%, 39%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, 7.30, -52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 53.39, 277.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0378 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.155 255.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8557, 27.4162, 83.1644)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4990EC #ECA549

analogous

#49E2EC #4990EC #5349EC

triadic

#4990EC #EC4990 #90EC49

tetradic

#4990EC #EC49E2 #ECA549 #49EC53

square

#4990EC #EC49E2 #ECA549 #49EC53

split-complementary

#4990EC #EC5349 #E2EC49

monochromatic

#1254A9 #176FE0 #4990EC #80B2F2 #B8D4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4990EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4990EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4990EC

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4990EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4990EC	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6697F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D88EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4990ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 144, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.155 255.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db0f2',
    500: '#4990ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4990ec;
$custom-light: #8db0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4990ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.865,
    "s": 81.095,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65136,
    "c": 0.1554,
    "h": 255.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4990EC

secondary

#E7CCA9

accent

#8008DD

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0E1017

muted

#7E7F85

Preview Lab

Preview with #4990EC

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

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