#4991AC#4991AC

#4991AC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.083 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4991AC
RGB	rgb(73, 145, 172)
HSL	hsl(196, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(196, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 15.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.73, -14.52, -21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.73, 25.54, 235.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0583 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.083 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3166, 24.6439, 42.7078)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4991AC #AC6449

analogous

#49AC95 #4991AC #495FAC

triadic

#4991AC #AC4991 #91AC49

tetradic

#4991AC #9549AC #AC6449 #5FAC49

square

#4991AC #9549AC #AC6449 #5FAC49

split-complementary

#4991AC #AC495F #AC9549

monochromatic

#254956 #376D81 #4991AC #70ACC2 #9BC5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4991AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4991AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991AC

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4991AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4991AC	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7483AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4991ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.083 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b1c4',
    500: '#4991ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4991ac;
$custom-light: #84b1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4991ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 40.408,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62105,
    "c": 0.08253,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4991AC

secondary

#C19D90

accent

#7858D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F8

border

#CBCFD1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4991AC

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

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