#4991C8#4991C8

#4991C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.110 H 243.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4991C8
RGB	rgb(73, 145, 200)
HSL	hsl(206, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(206, 64%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 27.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -5.55, -35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 35.55, 261.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0484 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.11 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2945, 25.8351, 58.3914)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4991C8 #C88049

analogous

#49C8BF #4991C8 #4951C8

triadic

#4991C8 #C84991 #91C849

tetradic

#4991C8 #BF49C8 #C88049 #51C849

square

#4991C8 #BF49C8 #C88049 #51C849

split-complementary

#4991C8 #C84951 #C8BF49

monochromatic

#235174 #3171A3 #4991C8 #78ADD6 #A7CAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4991C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4991C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991C8

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4991C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4991C8	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7992CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6785C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4991c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.110 243.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b1d9',
    500: '#4991c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4991c8;
$custom-light: #88b1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4991c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.984,
    "s": 53.586,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63402,
    "c": 0.11009,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4991C8

secondary

#D2B39B

accent

#8A4BDD

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FA

border

#CBCED3

text

#0C1014

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4991C8

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

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