#4991DF#4991DF

#4991DF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.138 H 252.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4991DF
RGB	rgb(73, 145, 223)
HSL	hsl(211, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 35%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, 2.22, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 46.34, 272.74°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0418 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.138 252.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1874, 26.9923, 73.6276)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4991DF #DF9749

analogous

#49DCDF #4991DF #4C49DF

triadic

#4991DF #DF4991 #91DF49

tetradic

#4991DF #DF49DC #DF9749 #49DF4C

square

#4991DF #DF49DC #DF9749 #49DF4C

split-complementary

#4991DF #DF4C49 #DCDF49

monochromatic

#1A5494 #2372C8 #4991DF #7DB0E8 #B1D0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#4991DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#4991DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991DF

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4991DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4991DF	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E96E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5987DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4991df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.138 252.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0e9',
    500: '#4991df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4991df;
$custom-light: #8bb0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4991df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64613,
    "c": 0.1379,
    "h": 252.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4991DF

secondary

#E0C3A4

accent

#973BED

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4991DF

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

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