#4991E6#4991E6

#4991E6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.147 H 254.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4991E6
RGB	rgb(73, 145, 230)
HSL	hsl(212, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(212, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 37%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, 4.63, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 49.84, 275.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0401 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.147 254.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1507, 27.3776, 78.7011)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4991E6 #E69E49

analogous

#49DFE6 #4991E6 #5049E6

triadic

#4991E6 #E64991 #91E649

tetradic

#4991E6 #E649DF #E69E49 #49E650

square

#4991E6 #E649DF #E69E49 #49E650

split-complementary

#4991E6 #E65049 #DFE649

monochromatic

#16559F #1D71D5 #4991E6 #7FB2ED #B5D2F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#4991E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#4991E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991E6

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4991E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4991E6	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6B97E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5488E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4991e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.147 254.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cb0ee',
    500: '#4991e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4991e6;
$custom-light: #8cb0ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4991e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.484,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65006,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 254.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4991E6

secondary

#E4C8A7

accent

#9C35F2

background

#F9FAFE

surface

#F2F4FD

border

#CCCED5

text

#0D1016

muted

#7E7F84

Preview Lab

Preview with #4991E6

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

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