#4991E1#4991E1

#4991E1 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.140 H 252.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4991E1
RGB	rgb(73, 145, 225)
HSL	hsl(212, 72%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 35.6%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, 2.91, -47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 47.34, 273.52°)
OKLab	oklab(64.72% -0.0413 -0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(64.72% 0.14 252.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4587, 27.1008, 75.0561)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4991E1 #E19949

analogous

#49DDE1 #4991E1 #4D49E1

triadic

#4991E1 #E14991 #91E149

tetradic

#4991E1 #E149DD #E19949 #49E14D

square

#4991E1 #E149DD #E19949 #49E14D

split-complementary

#4991E1 #E14D49 #DDE149

monochromatic

#195497 #2272CB #4991E1 #7EB1EA #B2D1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#4991E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#4991E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991E1

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4991E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4991E1	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D96E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5888DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4991e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.140 252.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bb0eb',
    500: '#4991e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4991e1;
$custom-light: #8bb0eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4991e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.579,
    "s": 71.698,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64724,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 252.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4991E1

secondary

#E1C4A5

accent

#9939EE

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F1F4FD

border

#CBCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4991E1

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

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