#4991BC#4991BC

#4991BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.097 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4991BC
RGB	rgb(73, 145, 188)
HSL	hsl(202, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 22.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -9.47, -29.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 30.63, 251.99°)
OKLab	oklab(62.82% -0.0524 -0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(62.82% 0.097 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9467, 25.2960, 51.2932)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4991BC #BC7449

analogous

#49BCAD #4991BC #4957BC

triadic

#4991BC #BC4991 #91BC49

tetradic

#4991BC #AD49BC #BC7449 #57BC49

square

#4991BC #AD49BC #BC7449 #57BC49

split-complementary

#4991BC #BC4957 #BCAD49

monochromatic

#254D65 #367092 #4991BC #76ACCC #A2C7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#4991BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#4991BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991BC

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4991BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4991BC	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D90BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D85BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4991bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.097 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b1d0',
    500: '#4991bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4991bc;
$custom-light: #86b1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4991bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.435,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62821,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4991BC

secondary

#CAAA97

accent

#8352D6

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F9

border

#CBCFD2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4991BC

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

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