#4991CD#4991CD

#4991CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.116 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4991CD
RGB	rgb(73, 145, 205)
HSL	hsl(207, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(207, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.11, -3.88, -37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.11, 37.77, 264.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.65% -0.0469 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.65% 0.116 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8884, 26.0726, 61.5194)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4991CD #CD8549

analogous

#49CDC7 #4991CD #494FCD

triadic

#4991CD #CD4991 #91CD49

tetradic

#4991CD #C749CD #CD8549 #4FCD49

square

#4991CD #C749CD #CD8549 #4FCD49

split-complementary

#4991CD #CD494F #CDC749

monochromatic

#22527A #2F72AA #4991CD #79AEDA #A9CBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#4991CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#4991CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991CD

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4991CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4991CD	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7793D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009FA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4991cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.116 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88b1dc',
    500: '#4991cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4991cd;
$custom-light: #88b1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4991cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63654,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4991CD

secondary

#D5B69D

accent

#8D48E0

background

#F8FAFD

surface

#F0F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7D7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4991CD

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

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