#4991BE#4991BE

#4991BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4991BE
RGB	rgb(73, 145, 190)
HSL	hsl(203, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 23.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -8.82, -30.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 31.40, 253.68°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0517 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.099 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1638, 25.3828, 52.4366)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4991BE #BE7649

analogous

#49BEB1 #4991BE #4957BE

triadic

#4991BE #BE4991 #91BE49

tetradic

#4991BE #B149BE #BE7649 #57BE49

square

#4991BE #B149BE #BE7649 #57BE49

split-complementary

#4991BE #BE4957 #BEB149

monochromatic

#254E68 #357095 #4991BE #76ACCE #A3C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4991BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#4991BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991BE

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4991BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4991BE	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C91C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C85BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009CA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4991be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b1d1',
    500: '#4991be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4991be;
$custom-light: #86b1d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4991be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62916,
    "c": 0.09907,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4991BE

secondary

#CBAB98

accent

#8451D7

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F9

border

#CBCFD2

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4991BE

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

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