#4993BB#4993BB

#4993BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.095 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4993BB
RGB	rgb(73, 147, 187)
HSL	hsl(201, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 21.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -10.91, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 29.78, 248.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0549 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.095 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1476, 25.8696, 50.8302)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4993BB #BB7149

analogous

#49BBAA #4993BB #495ABB

triadic

#4993BB #BB4993 #93BB49

tetradic

#4993BB #AA49BB #BB7149 #5ABB49

square

#4993BB #AA49BB #BB7149 #5ABB49

split-complementary

#4993BB #BB495A #BBAA49

monochromatic

#254E64 #367191 #4993BB #76ADCC #A2C8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4993BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4993BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4993BB

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4993BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4993BB	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8092BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7086BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4993bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 147, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.095 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b2cf',
    500: '#4993bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4993bb;
$custom-light: #86b2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4993bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.053,
    "s": 45.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63245,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4993BB

secondary

#C9A897

accent

#8053D5

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F9

border

#CBCFD2

text

#0C1114

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4993BB

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

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