#4991ED#4991ED

#4991ED is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.156 H 255.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4991ED
RGBrgb(73, 145, 237)
HSLhsl(214, 82%, 61%)
HSVhsv(214, 69%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 38.8%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LABlab(59.69, 7.06, -52.92)
CIE-LCHlch(59.69, 53.39, 277.60°)
OKLaboklab(65.41% -0.0385 -0.1508)
OKLCHoklch(65.41% 0.156 255.7)
XYZxyz(28.1535, 27.7787, 83.9824)
Luminance0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4991ED #EDA549
analogous
#49E3ED #4991ED #5349ED
triadic
#4991ED #ED4991 #91ED49
tetradic
#4991ED #ED49E3 #EDA549 #49ED53
square
#4991ED #ED49E3 #EDA549 #49ED53
split-complementary
#4991ED #ED5349 #E3ED49
monochromatic
#1154AB #1670E2 #4991ED #81B3F3 #B8D4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20
#4991ED on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56
#4991ED on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4991ED
6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4991ED#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4991ED1.003.206.566.56
#FFFFFF3.201.0021.0021.00
#0000006.5621.001.001.00
##0000006.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#6798F1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4D89EB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00A6B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4991ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 145, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.156 255.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db0f3',
    500: '#4991ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4991ed;
$custom-light: #8db0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4991ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.659,
    "s": 82,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65411,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4991ED
secondary
#E8CDAA
accent
#8007DE
background
#F9FAFE
surface
#F2F4FD
border
#CCCED5
text
#0E1017
muted
#7E7F85

Preview Lab

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#4991ED Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva